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)

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.

Opening Night Production Credits 

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; Assistant to the Producer: Judy Korman

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; Associate to Miss White: Martin Allen

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Hair Design by Ernest Adler; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: F. Mitchell Dana

General Manager: Joseph Harris and Ira Bernstein; Assistant to the General Managers: Nancy Simmons

Production Stage Manager: Peter Stern; Stage Manager: Lee Murray; Assistant Stage Mgr: Herman Magidson

Orchestra Personnel Manager: Elliot Lawrence; Music Supervisor Copyist: Mathilde Pincus; Orchestra Personnel Supervisor: Elliot Lawrence

Associate to Onna White: Martin Allen; General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: Harry Nigro and Cheryl Sue Dolby; Casting: Michael Shurtleff; Advertising: Ingram Ash and Blaine Thompson; Logo by Fay Gage; Assistant to the Producer: Judy Korman

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), Dal Richards (Edward Rutledge), Paul-David Richards (Edward Rutledge), Paul-David Richards(Alternate) (John Adams), Charles Rule(Alternate) (Benjamin Franklin), Charles Rule (Col. Thomas McKean, John Hancock), B. J. Slater (Courier, Thomas Jefferson), David Vosburgh (Caesar Rodney).