1776

46th Street Theatre, (3/16/1969 - 12/27/1970)

St. James Theatre, (12/28/1970 - 4/24/1971)

Majestic Theatre, (4/27/1971 - 2/13/1972)

First Preview:		Total Previews:	5
Opening Date:	Mar 16, 1969
Closing Date:	Feb 13, 1972	Total Performances:	1217

Category: Musical, Comedy, History, Original, Broadway

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.

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization; 46th Street Theatre Managing Director: Lester Osterman; 46th Street Theatre General Manager: Richard Horner
Produced by Stuart Ostrow
Book by Peter Stone; Music by Sherman Edwards; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards; Musical Director: Peter Howard; Music orchestrated by Eddie Sauter; Dance arrangements by Peter Howard; Vocal arrangements by Elise Bretton
Based on a conception of Sherman Edwards; Directed by Peter Hunt; Musical Staging by Onna White
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Hair Design by Ernest Adler
General Manager: Joseph Harris and Ira Bernstein
Production Stage Manager: Peter Stern; Stage Manager: Lee Murray
Orchestra Personnel Manager: Elliot Lawrence; Music Supervisor Copyist: Mathilde Pincus
Associate to Onna White: Martin Allen; General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: Harry Nigro and Cheryl Sue Dolby; Casting Consultant: Michael Shurtleff; Advertising: Ingram Ash and Blaine-Thompson; Logo by Fay Gage

Cast

William Daniels	John Adams
Clifford David	Edward Rutledge
Paul Hecht	John Dickinson
Roy Poole	Stephen Hopkins
Howard Da Silva	Benjamin Franklin
Emory Bass	James Wilson
Duane Bodin	George Read
Betty Buckley	Martha Jefferson
William Duell	Andrew McNair Congressional Custodian
David Ford	John Hancock
Robert Gaus	Caesar Rodney
Ralston Hill	Charles Thomson Congressional Secretary
Ronald Holgate	Richard Henry Lee
Ken Howard	Thomas Jefferson
Scott Jarvis	Courier
Ronald Kross	Lewis Morris
Henry Le Clair	Robert Livingston
Edmund Lyndeck	Rev. John Witherspoon
Bruce MacKay	Col. Thomas McKean
Jonathan Moore	Dr. Lyman Hall
Philip Polito	Samuel Chase
Dal Richards	Dr. Josiah Bartlett
Charles Rule	Joseph Hewes
B. J. Slater	Leather Apron
Virginia Vestoff	Abigail Adams
David Vosburgh	Roger Sherman

Swing: Hal Norman

Standby: Rex Everhart (Benjamin Franklin)

Understudies: Duane Bodin (Andrew McNair), Gretchen Cryer (Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson), Ronald Kross (James Wilson), Henry Le Clair (Richard Henry Lee), Edmund Lyndeck (Charles Thomson, Dr. Lyman Hall, Stephen Hopkins, Thomas Jefferson), Bruce MacKay (Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson), Jonathan Moore (John Adams), Hal Norman (Richard Henry Lee), Paul-David Richards (Edward Rutledge), Charles Rule (Benjamin Franklin, Col. Thomas McKean, John Hancock), B. J. Slater (Courier, Thomas Jefferson) and David Vosburgh (Caesar Rodney)

Tony Award^®
1969 Best Musical [winner]
Book by Peter Stone; Music by Sherman Edwards; Lyrics by Sherman Edwards; Produced by Stuart Ostrow
1969 Best Featured Actor in a Musical [winner]
Ronald Holgate
1969 Best Featured Actress in a Musical [nominee]
Virginia Vestoff
1969 Best Scenic Design [nominee]
Jo Mielziner
1969 Best Direction of a Musical [winner]
Peter Hunt
Drama Desk Award
1969 Outstanding Book [winner]
Book by Peter Stone
1969 Outstanding Costume Design [winner]
Patricia Zipprodt
Theatre World
1969 Award [recipient]
Ken Howard

music by Sherman Edwards; lyrics by Sherman Edwards

Sit Down, John	John Adams and The Congress
Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve	John Adams
Till Then	John Adams and Abigail Adams
The Lees of Old Virginia	Richard Henry Lee, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
But Mr. Adams	John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston
Yours, Yours, Yours	John Adams and Abigail Adams
He Plays the Violin	Martha Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
Cool, Cool, Considerate Men	John Dickinson and The Conservatives
Momma Look Sharp	Courier, Andrew McNair and Leather Apron
The Egg	Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Molasses To Rum	Edward Rutledge
Yours, Yours, Yours (Reprise)	Abigail Adams
Is Anybody There?	John Adams