The Tony-winning musical about America’s founding fathers and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, 1776, opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre March 16, 1969. With a score by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone, the original cast featured William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Betty Buckley, David Ford, Ronald Holgate, Ken Howard, and Virginia Vestoff.
Flip through photos of the original production below:
Ronald Holgate and cast
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Clifford David and cast
Clifford David
Betty Buckley, William Daniels, and Howard Da Silva
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Betty Buckley, William Daniels, and Howard Da Silva
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B.J. Slater, William Duell, and Scott Jarvis
William Daniels and cast
David Ford, Paul Hecht, and Ken Howard
Virginia Vestoff
Howard Da Silva, William Daniels, and Ken Howard
William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Betty Buckley, and Ken Howard
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Ken Howard, William Daniels, Henry LeClair, David Vosburgh, and Howard Da Silva
William Daniels
William Daniels
Henry Le Clair, Duane Bodin, Ronald Kross, Emory Bass, Clifford David, Paul Hecht, Charles Rule, Jonathan Moore
