Shows · 1776 · 46th Street Theatre, 1969
1776, 1969
Of the productions that opened in the 1960s, this had the 15th longest run.
Other stagings of 1776 3 more
Who was in it28 named
Paul Hecht as John Dickinson
Clifford David as Edward Rutledge
David Ford as John Hancock
Virginia Vestoff as Abigail Adams
Ralston Hill as Charles Thomson
Ron Holgate as Richard Henry Lee
William Duell as Andrew McNair
Roy Poole as Stephen Hopkins
David Vosburgh as Roger Sherman
Henry Le Clair as Robert Livingston
Bruce MacKay as Thomas McKean
Jonathan Moore as Dr. Lyman Hall
Philip Polito as Samuel Chase
Emory Bass as James Wilson
Duane Bodin as George Read
Robert Gaus as Caesar Rodney
Ronald Kross as Lewis Morris
Edmund Lyndeck as The Rev. John Witherspoon
Dal Richards as Josiah Bartlett
Charles Rule as Joseph Hewes
Scott Jarvis as Courier
B.J Slater as Leather Apron
Creative team
- Director
- Peter Hunt
- Choreographer
- Onna White
- Orchestrations
- Eddie Sauter 2
Tony Awards 3 from 5 nominations
Recordings 3 released while this run was on
6 more exist for other runs of this show: see 1776 for all of them.
Around this production
Composer Sherman Edwards was a former high school history teacher who spent years writing the show. President Nixon, a fan of the musical, requested a special White House performance but asked that the song 'Cool, Cool, Considerate Men' -- which mocked conservative congressmen -- be cut. Producer Jack Warner also removed it from the 1972 film at Nixon's request.
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