High Praise for "1776"

MTW's current production of 1776 receives high praise:

"Under the direction of Nick DeGruccio, MTW's stunning '1776' embodies everything that makes live theater so exciting and important." - BroadwayWorld.com

"Broadway caliber"- Orange County Register


"Good, clean historical fun" - Long Beach Press-Telegram


"...the audience is on the edge of their seats"-TheaterMania.com


Photos by Ken Jacque. 
Above: Steve Vinovich (Benjamin Franklin), John Bisom (Thomas Jefferson) and Steven Glaudini (John Adams).
Below: Andy Umberger (John Dickinson) and Steven Glaudini (John Adams) face off.

7/9-25: "1776" at Carpenter Performing Arts Center

Tomorrow I begin rehearsals for 1776, the Tony Award-winning musical which dramatizes the events leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. A crackling masterwork filled with humor, romance and history that the NY Post called, "brilliant and remarkably moving."


1776
July 9-25, 2010
Musical Theatre West
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Long Beach, CA


Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards, Book by Peter Stone.
Directed by Nick DeGruccio, Musical Direction by Matthew Smedal.
Starring: Steven Glaudini (John Adams), Tami Tappan Damiano (Abagail Adams) and Davis Gaines (Richard Henry Lee), Steve Vinovich (Benjamin Franklin), John Bisom (Thomas Jefferson), Andy Umberger (John Dickinson), Robert J. Townsend (Edward Rutledge), Jessica Bernard (Martha Jefferson), Brad Fitzgerald (Joseph Hewes), Richard Gould (Stephen Hopkins), Michael Kean (The Courier) and Damon Kirsche (Dr. Lyman Hall).

For tickets and further information, visit the Musical Theatre West site.