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Roundabout Theatre Company announces complete casting for the new Broadway production of the Tony Award-winning musical, 1776, directed by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, and co-produced with the American Repertory Theater (Diane Paulus, Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director; Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Executive Director).
The Broadway cast of 1776 includes (in order of appearance) Crystal Lucas-Perry as “John Adams,” Gisela Adisa as “Robert Livingston,” Nancy Anderson as “George Read,” Becca Ayers as “Col. Thomas McKean,” Tiffani Barbour as “Andrew McNair,” Carolee Carmello as “John Dickinson,” Allyson Kaye Daniel as “Abigail Adams/Rev. Jonathan Witherspoon,” Elizabeth A. Davis as “Thomas Jefferson,” Mehry Eslaminia as “Charles Thomson,” Joanna Glushak as “Stephen Hopkins,” Shawna Hamic as “Richard Henry Lee,” Eryn LeCroy as “Martha Jefferson/Dr. Lyman Hall,” Liz Mikel as “John Hancock,” Patrena Murray as “Benjamin Franklin,” Oneika Phillips as “Joseph Hewes,” Lulu Picart as “Samuel Chase,” Sara Porkalob as “Edward Rutledge,” Sushma Saha as “Judge James Wilson,” Brooke Simpson as “Roger Sherman,” Salome B. Smith as “Courier,” Sav Souza as “Dr. Josiah Bartlett,” Jill Vallery as “Caesar Rodney,” and Ariella Serur, Grace Stockdale, and Imani Pearl Williams as Standbys. Additional Standbys will be announced at a later date.
The cast includes multiple representations of race, ethnicity, and gender; they identify as female, transgender and nonbinary.
1776 begins preview performances on Friday, September 16, 2022 and opens officially on Thursday, October 6, 2022. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, January 8, 2023 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. 1776 recently concluded its limited engagement at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. Following the Broadway run, 1776 will begin a national tour in February 2023 in Philadelphia, PA at the Forrest Theatre. 1776 was previously revived on Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company in 1997 before transferring to a commercial run at the Gershwin Theatre.
Roundabout welcomes the return of Lucille Lortel Award Winner and Antonyo Award Nominee Crystal Lucas Perry for her Broadway debut as John Adams in 1776, following the Roundabout Underground world-premiere production of Little Children Dream of God. Three-time Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello returns to 3 Broadway following her recent starring roles in Tuck Everlasting and Finding Neverland, and in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd. She also starred as Abigail Adams in the 1997 commercial transfer of Roundabout Theatre Company’s previous revival of 1776. What will it take to get two dozen powerfully passionate, exceedingly complicated, and all-too-human individuals to settle their differences, while they hold the very future of a nation in their hands? This Tony Award-winning Best Musical is tuneful, funny, and constantly surprising, especially in this revolutionary new production from directors Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus. You may never think about our country—who we are and why—the same way again.
1776 features Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards, Book by Peter Stone, Based on a concept by Sherman Edwards, Direction by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, Choreography by Jeffrey L. Page, Music Supervision by David Chase, Orchestrations by John Clancy, Vocal Design by AnnMarie Milazzo and Music Direction by Ryan Cantwell. The creative team includes Scott Pask (Sets), Emilio Sosa (Costumes), Jen Schriever (Lights), Jonathan Deans (Sound), David Bengali (Projections), Mia Neal (Hair & Wigs), Stephen Kopel, CSA (Casting), Brisa Areli Muñoz (Associate Director) and Alfredo Macias (Production Stage Manager).
TICKET INFORMATION Tickets for 1776 are on sale by calling 212.719.1300 or online at roundabouttheatre.org. Ticket prices range from $59-$159. For groups of 10 or more please call 212-719-9393 x 365 or email groupsales@roundabouttheatre.org.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE Preview performances of 1776 will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8:00pm with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2:00pm and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm. Regular performances after opening night will play Tuesday and Thursday evening at 7:00pm, and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evening at 8:00pm, with Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2:00pm and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm. Underwriting support for 1776 is provided by Roundabout’s Musical Production Fund partner 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.