STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 3/16/16- 1776
Today in 1969, 1776 opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 1217 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It focuses on, and partly fictionalizes, the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American inde…