Broadway-Bound 1776 Begins Performances at A.R.T. May 17

The A.R.T./Roundabout Theatre Company revival of 1776 begins performances May 17 at Cambridge's American Repertory Theater. Following its premiere at A.R.T., 1776 will move to Roundabout’s American Airlines Theatre for a Broadway run before setting out on a 16-city national tour in February 2023. Watch a teaser for the new production above.

Jeffrey L. Page and A.R.T. Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus co-direct the production about the founding fathers on the brink of signing the Declaration of Independence—with John Adams leading the charge. Page also choreographs.

The musical features music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone, based on a concept by Edwards.

The cast, comprised fully of performers who identify as female, non-binary, and trans, includes Gisela Adisa as Robert Livingston, Nancy Anderson as George Read, Becca Ayers as Col. Thomas McKean, Tiffani Barbour as Andrew McNair, Allison Briner Dardenne as Stephen Hopkins, Allyson Kaye Daniel as Abigail Adams/Rev. Jonathan Witherspoon, Elizabeth A. Davis as Thomas Jefferson, Mehry Eslaminia as Charles Thomson, Joanna Glushak as John Dickinson, Shawna Hamic as Richard Henry Lee, Eryn LeCroy as Martha Jefferson/Dr. Lyman Hall, Crystal Lucas-Perry as John Adams, Liz Mikel as John Hancock, Patrena Murray as Benjamin Franklin, Oneika Philliips 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 Smith as the Courier, Sav Souza as Dr. Josiah Bartlett, Jill Vallery as Caesar Rodney, and Rose Van Dyne, Grace Stockdale, Ariella Serur, Sabrina K. Victor, and Imani Pearl Williams serving as standbys.