1776 (Encores!) NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%

(117 Ratings)

Positive

97%

Mixed

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Members say

Entertaining, Great acting, Clever, Intelligent, Relevant

About the Show

Encores! concert version of the Tony Award-winning musical about the birth of our nation features TV stars Santino Fontana and John Larroquette as founding fathers.

Before 'Hamilton' there was '1776,' a musical about how the founding fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence and gave birth to a new nation. A show that presents John Adams (Santino Fontana), Thomas Jefferson (John Behlmann), and Benjamin Franklin (Tony winner John Larroquette) in all their fractious complexity, the Encores! concert will remind you of how far America has come—and how little we’ve changed.

Show-Score Member Reviews (117)

Delightful, Entertaining, Intelligent, Great acting, Funny

See it if You love s great score and interesting historical storyline

Don't see it if You don't like talkie musicals

Great acting, Funny, Relevant, Absorbing, Refreshing

See it if As someone who had neither seen a production or the film, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the story. It was engrossing & entertaing

Don't see it if It can be hard to sit in the Balcony section of City Center; you high up & back, so it can get tiring looking down constantly.

Relevant, Entertaining, Great acting, Fluffy

See it if you enjoy U.S. history set to music or shows poking fun at protagonists. Refreshing take on flawed congressmen *working* towards resolution.

Don't see it if you like your history tidy and full of heroes. The founding fathers are portrayed as haughty, petty, meek, drunk, greedy -- merely human.

Historical elegant modern dress well acted lovely music

See it if Terrific revival elegantly presented. Santino Fontana leads with a great voice. Alexander Gemignani scores with a devastating slavery song.

Don't see it if Nice music but not enough. Long stretches of dialogue. Politically relevant John-Michael Lyles steals Act I with his haunted soldier song.

Clever, Entertaining, Great acting, Intelligent, Resonant

See it if you enjoy historical musicals

Don't see it if you don't like long stretches in a musical without songs

Delightful, Entertaining, Funny, Great acting

See it if you're looking to see big names in a classic show

Don't see it if you're looking for a fully staged show

Clever, Delightful, Funny, Relevant

See it if you get a chance. I honestly didn't really know the show and, even with the limited staging, I really enjoyed it.

Don't see it if you don't like colorblind casting (though I think that's a hang-up you need to get over at this point).

Great score, Great book, Entertaining, Profound

See it if you have a time machine. (I just saw the final performance.) But if there's ever a fully-staged revival, see it for the classic book & score

Don't see it if you need the sets, costumes, choreography, etc. to enjoy a musical.

Critic Reviews (16)

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