When 1776, with concept, music, and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone, premiered on Broadway in 1969, with only two female roles (of Abigail Adams and Martha Jefferson, the respective wives of John and Thomas), it won the Tony Award for Best Musical. In Roundabout's new revival, playing a limited engagement at the […]
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 02:40PM on October 14, 2022