MusicalOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 04, 1976
Closing Date
May 08, 1976
1st Preview
Apr 21, 1976
1st Preview
Apr 21, 1976
Previews
13
Performances
7
MusicalOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Mark Hellinger Theatre
(May 04, 1976 - May 08, 1976)
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Messrs. Nederlander
Produced by Roger L. Stevens and Robert Whitehead; Produced by arrangement with Saint Subber; Associate Produced by Alan Jay Lerner Productions, Inc. and Ambergris Corporation
Book by Alan Jay Lerner; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Musical Director: Roland Gagnon; Music orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Hershy Kay
Co-Directed by Gilbert Moses and George Faison; Co-Choreographed by Gilbert Moses and George Faison; Assistant Choreographed by Renee Rose
Scenery Supervised by Kert Lundell; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Sound Design by John McClure; Hair Design by Werner Sherer
General Manager: Oscar E. Olesen; Company Manager: James Walsh
Production Stage Manager: William Dodds; Stage Manager: Marnel Sumner and Michael Turque
Rehearsal Pianist: David Krane
General Press Representative: Seymour Krawitz; Casting Director: Terry Fay; Casting: Doris Blum; Production Coordinator: Doris Blum; Dance Captain: Al Perryman; Advertising: Mike Mones and Blaine-Thompson; Photographer: Sy Friedman
Costumes Supervised by Whitney Blausen and Dona Granata
Ken Howard
The President
Gilbert Price
Lud
Patricia Routledge
The President's Wife
Emily Yancy
Seena
Jo-Ann Baldo
Dancing Ensemble
Clyde-Jacques Barrett
Dancing Ensemble
Raymond Bazemore
Henry (The Staff)
 
Singing Ensemble
Joella Breedlove
Dancing Ensemble
Elaine Bunse
Singing Ensemble
Nancy Callman
Singing Ensemble
Richard Chappell
Connecticut (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Pratt (The British)
 
Singing Ensemble
Walter Charles
New Jersey (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Ordway (The British)
 
Singing Ensemble
Guy Costley
Little Lud
Raymond Cox
Maryland (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Glieg (The British)
 
Singing Ensemble
J.T. Cromwell
New Hampshire (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Scott (The British)
 
Singing Ensemble
Allyne DeChalus
Dancing Ensemble
Ralph Farnworth
Pennsylvania (The Thirteen Delegates)
Beth Fowler
Singing Ensemble
Linda Griffin
Dancing Ensemble
Carl Hall
Coley (The Staff)
 
Singing Ensemble
Bob Heath
Dancing Ensemble
Louise Heath
Sally (The Staff)
 
Singing Ensemble
Bruce A. Hubbard
Rev. Bushrod
 
Singing Ensemble
Kris Karlowski
Singing Ensemble
Urylee Leonardos
Rachel (The Staff)
 
Singing Ensemble
Michael Lichtefeld
Dancing Ensemble
Joyce MacDonald
Singing Ensemble
Héctor Jaime Mercado
Dancing Ensemble
Diana Mirras
Dancing Ensemble
Janette Moody
Joby (The Staff)
 
Singing Ensemble
Richard Muenz
South Carolina (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Budgen (The British)
 
Singing Ensemble
Alexander Orfaly
Delaware (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Maitland (The British)
Cleveland Pennington
Dancing Ensemble
Al Perryman
Dancing Ensemble
Sharon Powers
Singing Ensemble
Cornel J. Richie
Jim (The Staff)
 
Singing Ensemble
Randolph Riscol
Georgia (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Royal Visitor
 
Singing Ensemble
Renee Rose
Dancing Ensemble
Howard Ross
Massachusetts (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Broom (The Staff)
 
Secretary of the Senate
Juliet Seignious
Dancing Ensemble
Reid Shelton
New York (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Cockburn
 
Senator Roscoe Conkling
Thomas J. Stanton
Dancing Ensemble
Edwin Steffe
Virginia (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Ross (The British)
 
James Hoban
 
Judge
Clayton Strange
Dancing Ensemble
Martha Thigpen
Singing Ensemble
David E. Thomas
The Stage Manager
Mimi B. Wallace
Dancing Ensemble
Lee Winston
Rhode Island (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Barker (The British)
 
Auctioneer
 
Mr. Henry
 
Babcock
 
Singing Ensemble
John Witham
North Carolina (The Thirteen Delegates)
 
Pimms (The British)
Swings: Leah Randolph and Martial Roumain
Understudies: J. Edwards Adams (Lud), Richard Chappell (The President), Beth Fowler (The President's Wife), Louise Heath (Seena) and Karl M. Horton (Little Lud)
Act 1
Sung By
Rehearse!
The President, The President's Wife, Lud, Seena and Company
If I Was a Dove
Little Lud
On Ten Square Miles by the Potomac River
Washinton and Delegates
Welcome Home Miz Adams
Henry, Rachel and Staff
Take Care of This House
John Adams, Abigail Adams, Little Lud and Staff
The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party March
Jefferson, Little Lud and Guests
Seena
Lud
Sonatina
Cockburn, Officers and Citizens
I Love My Wife
Lud, Seena and Staff
Auctions
Auctioneer and Buyers
The Little White Lie
James and Eliza Monroe
We Must Have a Ball
Buchanan
The Ball
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Forty Acres and a Mule
Staff
Bright and Black
Seena and Staff
Duet for One (The First Lady of the Land)
Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes and Company
The Robber-Baron Minstrel Parade
Minstrels
Pity the Poor
Minstrels
The Red White and Blues
Minstrels
I Love This Land
The President
Rehearse! (Reprise)
Company

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Music and Lyrics

1976 Nominee
Music by Leonard Bernstein (music only)
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