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1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone.The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.
When the Tony-winning musical “1776” debuted on Broadway in 1969, it celebrated America’s ideals on the eve of its Bicentennial. Half a century later, a radical makeover brings critique ...
As directed by by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, the revival of the 1969 musical “1776,” which opened Thursday at the Roundabout Theatre, is the latest entry in the current trend of blowing ...
Gender-bending, ethnically diverse revival '1776' — now at the Ahmanson — is a reminder that we don't have to be limited forever by the errors of history.
1776 was also the only film of Donald Madden, who was not in the original Broadway cast. Exteriors were filmed at the Warner Ranch in Burbank, California, the former Columbia Pictures backlot, where they built an entire street of Colonial Philadelphia. Most of the Colonial sets were destroyed by a fire in the mid-1970s. [citation needed]
1776 – 1969 Broadway musical; Composed by Sherman Edwards; The Ruckus at Machias – 1976 play by Richard Sewell; A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine – 2009 stage play by Trevor Griffiths; Jefferson's Garden – 2015 stage play by Timberlake Wertenbaker; Hamilton – 2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America. New York University Press (2014) Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba during Slavery and Jim Crow. Monthly Review Press (2014) Confronting Black Jacobins: The U.S., the Haitian Revolution and the Origins of the Dominican Republic. Monthly Review ...
Lorne Michaels is disputing any rumors about Saturday Night Live banning musicians.. According to the creator of the long-running comedy sketch show, musical guests had never been barred from ...