The Concord Players present

1776 the Musical


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Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
Book by Peter Stone
Based on a concept by Sherman Edwards
Original production directed by Peter Hunt
Originally produced on Broadway by Stuart Ostrow

1776 is presented through special arrangement with,
and all authorized performance materials are supplied by,
Music Theatre International, 421 W. 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Director/Choreographer ~ Kirsten Gould
Musical Director ~ Susan Minor

Produced by ~ Susan Baldwin, Sally Bull, Peggy Elliott


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Cast and crew at Faneuil Hall (click here for high res versions)

 

Cast
John Adams
 
Abigail Adams
     
Benjamin Franklin
 
John Dickinson
     
Thomas Jefferson
 
Martha Jefferson
     
John Hancock
 
Charles Thomson
     
Caesar Rodney
 
Edward Rutledge
     

Richard Henry Lee

 
Dr. Lyman Hall
     
Robert Livingston
 
Roger Sherman
     
Samuel Chase
 
Courier
     
Stephen Hopkins
 
Andrew McNair
     
Thomas McKean
 
John Witherspoon
     
James Wilson
 
George
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Josiah Bartlett
 
Joseph Hewes
     
Lewis Morris
 
Leather Apron
 
Brian Cutler
   
 
Prologue Performers
 
Sam Adams
 
Mercy Otis Warren
     
John Andrews
 
William Emerson
     
Phebe Emerson
 
Hannah Winthrop
     

 

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS 

Minute Man Prologue

This special Prologue honors Concord’s unique history and the local militias and Minute Men who fought for our freedom, as it revisits some of the momentous New England events that precipitated the convening of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May of 1776. 

 

Act I

          Scene 1: The Chamber of the Continental Congress

              For God’s Sake John, Sit Down!................Adams and Congress

                 Piddle Twiddle……………………………Adams

                  Till Then…………………………………Adams and Abigail

            Scene 2: A Mall

                  The Lees of Virginia……………………Lee, Franklin, Adams

            Scene 3: The Chamber

                  But, Mr. Adams…………………………Adams, Franklin, Sherman,

                                    Livingston, Jefferson

            Scene 4: Thomas Jefferson’s Home

                   Yours, Yours, Yours…………………......Adams and Abigail

                  He Plays the Violin……………………...Martha, Adams, Franklin

 

Intermission

Act II

            Scene 1: The Chamber

          Cool, Cool, Considerate Men…………………..Dickinson and Conservatives

          Momma, Look Sharp……………………………Courier, McNair, Leather Apron

            Scene 2: The Congressional Anteroom

           The Egg…………………………………………Franklin, Adams, Jefferson

            Scene 3: The Chamber

            Molasses to Rum………………………………..Rutledge

            Compliments........................................................Abigail

             Is Anybody There.................................................Adams

            The Signing……………………………………..Congress


 

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