At this here blog, we're big fans of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, 1776. Recently, the City Center Encores! outfit in New York staged for four performances only, a "concert" style production of it with no sets, the actors in current garb and a multi-racial cast. I don't know how I feel about the multi-racial part but since I didn't see this production, I won't assume it was a distraction. Maybe it worked.
The production starred Santino Fontana as John Adams, Bryce Pinkham as John Dickinson, John Larroquette as Benjamin Franklin, Christiane Noll as Abigail Adams, Nikki Renée Daniels as Martha Jefferson and Alexander Gemignani as Edward Rutledge. Here's a brief sampler of the musical numbers. Note the snazzy bow-tie on Ben Franklin…