1776
Tour
Opening Date
Apr 23, 1970
Closing Date
Jul 15, 1972
MusicalComedy HistoryOriginalNational Tour
Open Date: Apr 23, 1970
Close Date: Jul 15, 1972
Closed Flag: Y
Is Final Week: 1
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Setting
A single setting representing the Chamber and an Anteroom of the Continental Congress, a Mall, High Street, and Thomas Jefferson's Room, in Philadelphia; and certain reaches of John Adams' mind. May, June and July, 1776.
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PeopleProduced by Stuart OstrowBook by Peter Stone; Music by Sherman Edwards; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards; Based on a conception of Sherman Edwards; Music orchestrated by Eddie Sauter; Vocal arrangements by Elise Bretton; Dance arrangements by Peter Howard; Musical Director: Jonathan AndersonDirected by Peter Hunt; Musical Numbers Staged by Onna White; Associate Dance Director: Martin AllenScenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Hair Styles by Ernest AdlerProduction Stage Manager: Ben D. Kranz; Stage Manager: Patricia Drylie; Assistant Stage Mgr: John DorrinUnderstudies: Chris Callen (Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson), Walter Charles (Col. Thomas McKean, John Hancock), Larry Devon (Dr. Josiah Bartlett), Gordon Dilworth (Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson), John Dorrin (Joseph Hewes, Robert Livingston, Rev. John Witherspoon, George Read, Roger Sherman, Samuel Chase, Lewis Morris, Leather Apron), Robert Goss (Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Hopkins, Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Richard Henry Lee), Ray Lonergan (James Wilson), Michael Makman (Courier), Richard Mathews (John Adams), Michael Shaw (Andrew McNair), Stanley Simmonds (Caesar Rodney) and Lee Winston (Edward Rutledge)Musical Director: Glen ClugstonCompany Manager: Harold KusellProduction Stage Manager: Charles Durand; Stage Manager: David Gold
Cast
Courier
Understudies: Peter Amster (Courier, Courier), James Bovaird (Thomas Jefferson, Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Richard Henry Lee, Stephen Hopkins), Mervin Crook (Caesar Rodney), Don Estes (Courier), James Ferrier (Courier), Victoria Hall (Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson), Ronald Kross (John Adams), Donald Norris (Caesar Rodney), Kevin O'Leary (Andrew McNair), Gil Robbins (Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Hopkins, Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Richard Henry Lee), Larry Small (Edward Rutledge), James Todkill (Dr. Josiah Bartlett) and Christopher Wynkoop (Col. Thomas McKean, John Hancock) -
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Theatre
City and State
Produced by Stuart Ostrow
Book by Peter Stone; Music by Sherman Edwards; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards; Based on a conception of Sherman Edwards; Music orchestrated by Eddie Sauter; Vocal arrangements by Elise Bretton; Dance arrangements by Peter Howard; Musical Director: Jonathan Anderson
Directed by Peter Hunt; Musical Numbers Staged by Onna White; Associate Dance Director: Martin Allen
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Hair Styles by Ernest Adler
Production Stage Manager: Ben D. Kranz; Stage Manager: Patricia Drylie; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Dorrin
Understudies:
Chris Callen
(Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson), Walter Charles
(Col. Thomas McKean, John Hancock), Larry Devon
(Dr. Josiah Bartlett), Gordon Dilworth
(Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson), John Dorrin
(Joseph Hewes, Robert Livingston, Rev. John Witherspoon, George Read, Roger Sherman, Samuel Chase, Lewis Morris, Leather Apron), Robert Goss
(Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Hopkins, Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Richard Henry Lee), Ray Lonergan
(James Wilson), Michael Makman
(Courier), Richard Mathews
(John Adams), Michael Shaw
(Andrew McNair), Stanley Simmonds
(Caesar Rodney) and Lee Winston
(Edward Rutledge)
Musical Director: Glen Clugston
Company Manager: Harold Kusell
Production Stage Manager: Charles Durand; Stage Manager: David Gold
Cast
Courier
Understudies:
Peter Amster
(Courier, Courier), James Bovaird
(Thomas Jefferson, Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Richard Henry Lee, Stephen Hopkins), Mervin Crook
(Caesar Rodney), Don Estes
(Courier), James Ferrier
(Courier), Victoria Hall
(Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson), Ronald Kross
(John Adams), Donald Norris
(Caesar Rodney), Kevin O'Leary
(Andrew McNair), Gil Robbins
(Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Hopkins, Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Richard Henry Lee), Larry Small
(Edward Rutledge), James Todkill
(Dr. Josiah Bartlett) and Christopher Wynkoop
(Col. Thomas McKean, John Hancock)