APR 15 - MAY 17, 2009

1776

Music and Lyrics by SHERMAN EDWARDS
Book by PETER STONE
Based on a concept
by SHERMAN EDWARDS
Original Production Directed
by PETER HUNT
Originally Produced on the Broadway Stage by STUART OSTROW

Set Design KEVIN RUPNIK
Costume Design ALEJO VIETTI
Lighting Design JEFF CROITER
Sound Design RANDY HANSEN
Hair&Wig Design CHARLES LAPOINTE
Casting Director ALISON FRANCK
Music Director TOM HELM
Choreographed by JOSH RHODES
Directed by GORDON GREENBERG

The pivotal event in American history blazes to vivid life in this most unconventional of Broadway hits. It's the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence... if only our founding fathers can agree to do it!

1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia as they attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Congress to vote for independence from the shackles of the British monarchy by signing the Declaration of Independence.

A musical about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, 1776 puts a human face on the pages of history as we see the men behind the national icons: proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty and ultimately noble figures determined to do the right thing for a
fledgling nation.

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