'1776' offers historical pageantry with modern touch

When it comes to the singing and dancing of our founding fathers, "Hamilton" was not there first. In 1969, while it seemed that half the country was celebrating uncharted rebellion at "Hair," the musical called "1776" was trying to reassure the older end of Broadway that the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence were theater folk, too.

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