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In 2022, a revival of1776is an almost perversely hard sell.
For one thing, read the room: Patriotic pride is at an all-time low around these parts.
The preshow announcement to turn off your phone is preceded by a land acknowledgment.
(Though there are no trans women among them.)
And yet, if you’re able to pry … well, Ill be damned.
Its an absolute blast.
It wins you over in minutes.
The talent level is so high that the casting feels less conceptual and more incidental.
(Playbillreaders will notice that two cast members are dating each other.)
(John Clancy did the orchestrations; Annmarie Milazzo is the vocal designer.)
(It was all in Perrys delivery.
You had to be there.)
If youre going to do1776, you couldnt do it better.
That being said, should it be done at all?
The effect is ghastly.
Intentionally so, I think.
But intention takes you only so far.
Her father replied, She has a great voice.
Both of those things were true.
No experimental approach can fix this.
Does this make1776rotten to the core?
I want other people to witness it.
If only for selfish reasons, I want it to continue as long as possible.
1776is at the Roundabouts American Airlines Theatre through January 8.
