“YOU LEAVE THE PRODUCTION AMAZED!”

ADAM FELDMAN, TIME OUT NEW YORK

“A WIN FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY!”

LEAH GREENBLATT, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“PULSATES WITH ENERGY, SNAPS WITH ATTITUDE AND ENLIVENS HISTORY.”

FRANK RIZZO, VARIETY

One show on Broadway is making—and re-making—history every night.

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical 1776 has catapulted to blazing new life in a thrillingly new production, and New York Magazine/Vulture
says, “it’s an absolute blast!” Suddenly, the songs, humor, and passion of this musical masterpiece soar as never before.

A glorious multiracial cast of female, transgender, and nonbinary actors portrays the fiery founders of this country, putting history in the hands of the humans who were left out the first time around—and the result is an epic show of passion, debate, and roof-raising musical fireworks. Experience “a 1776 worth celebrating!” (Variety) “It pulsates with energy and snaps with attitude.”

Running time: Two hours and forty-five minutes, including one fifteen-minute intermission.

Please be advised: This production contains stylized representations of racialized violence, particularly related to enslavement. Additionally, this production contains sexually suggestive themes, occasional strong language, haze, a brief strobe effect, a non-firing replica firearm, and a gunshot sound effect.

Robert Livingston (NY): Gisela Adisa
Thomas Jefferson (VA): Nancy Anderson
Col. Thomas McKean (DE): Becca Ayers
Andrew McNair, Congressional Custodian: Tiffani Barbour
John Dickinson (PA): Carolee Carmello
Abigail Adams / Rev. Jonathan Witherspoon (NJ): Allyson Kaye Daniel
Charles Thomson, Secretary: Mehry Eslaminia
Stephen Hopkins (RI): Joanna Glushak
Richard Henry Lee (VA): Shawna Hamic
Martha Jefferson / Dr. Lyman Hall (GA): Eryn LeCroy
John Adams (MA): Kristolyn Lloyd
John Hancock, President of the Congress: Liz Mikel
Benjamin Franklin (PA): Patrena Murray
Joseph Hewes (NC): Oneika Phillips
Samuel Chase (MD): Lulu Picart
Edward Rutledge (SC): Sara Porkalob
Judge James Wilson (PA): Sushma Saha
George Read (DE): Ariella Serur
Roger Sherman (CT): Brooke Simpson
Courier: Salome B. Smith
Dr. Josiah Bartlett (NH): Sav Souza
Caesar Rodney (DE): Jill Vallery
Standby: Shelby Acosta
Standby: Grace Stockdale
Standby: Dawn L. Troupe
Standby: Imani Pearl Williams
Standby: Gwynne Wood

The company of Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Company of 1776 on stage. Actors all looking and pointing in different directions, all with anger towards John Adams, who is in the center. Half the company is standing on tables and chairs.

Allyson Kaye Daniel (Abigail Adams), Kristolyn Lloyd (John Adams) in Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
John Adams and Abigail Adams look at each other softly and flirtatiously. They each hold a note in their hands and hold it close to their chests.

The company of Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Actors in the song "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men." Actors are clumped into a pyramid formation with their arms outstretched, highlighting the actor at the center, Carolee Carmello as John Dickinson.

Elizabeth A. Davis (Thomas Jefferson), Patrena Murray (Benjamin Franklin) and Kristolyn Lloyd (John Adams) in Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams stand infront of a curtain patched with stripes from the American flag and stare into the distance. Franklin extends an arm outwards as if envisioning a bright idea.

Kristolyn Lloyd John Adams) in Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Kristolyn Lloyd as John Adams singing passionately. She has dark skin, short black hair, and wears a frilly white button down underneath a fancy black coat with a red lining.

The company of Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Angrily in discussion with one another, six Congressmen huddle around John Adams who is sitting at a wooden table speaking to the audience

The company of Roundabout Theatre Company's 1776. Photo by Joan Marcus.
Actors performing "Molasses to Rum." Edward Rutledge stands center-stage with arms outstretched. Thomas Jefferson stands on a barrel behind him, but is in the shadow of 4 actors standing on two tables with arms pointing upwards.

Music and Lyrics: Sherman Edwards
Book: Peter Stone
Based on a Concept by: Sherman Edwards
Directors: Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus
Choreography: Jeffrey L. Page
Set Design: Scott Pask
Costume Design: Emilio Sosa
Lighting Design: Jen Schriever
Sound Design: Jonathan Deans
Projection Design: David Bengali
Hair & Wigs: Mia Neal
Fight Choreographer: Thomas Schall
Dialect Coach: Dawn-Elin Fraser
Orchestrations: John Clancy
Music Director: Ryan Cantwell
Vocal Design: AnnMarie Milazzo
Music Coordinator: Dean Sharenow
Associate Director: Brisa Areli Muñoz
Music Supervision: David Chase

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Audio description is now available
Closed captioning is now available
Spanish Language Subtitles is now available

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1776 is a co-production with The American Repertory Theater.

Production support of 1776 at A.R.T: Katie and Paul Buttenwieser, The Linda Hammett Ory & Andrew Ory Charitable Trust, Allison Johnson, and Serena and Bill Lese.

Underwriting support for 1776 is provided by Elizabeth Armstrong.

1776 benefits from Roundabout’s Musical Production Fund with lead gifts from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Michael Kors and Lance Le Pere, Diane and Tom Tuft, and Cynthia C. Wainwright and Stephen Berger.

1776 is made possible by the Champions for Inclusive Theatre and Roundabout’s Forward Fund. We acknowledge the generous friends who support our many efforts to increase representation and inclusion in all aspects of theatre: Elizabeth Armstrong, Bank of America, Eugene and Joann Bissell and the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, Kevin Brown, Barbara and Peter Bye, Ginger McKnight Chavers, the Ford Foundation, Jill and Barry Lafer, Gina Maria Leonetti, Iva Mills, Beryl Snyder, and Denise Littlefield Sobel.