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It's time to talk about how much we love 1776

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#75It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/5/14 at 12:26am

I just came upon this gem on Tumblr: "Momma Look Sharp" from the Original London Cast Recording of the show performed by David Firth. It's a very different performance from on the OBCR.

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#76It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/5/14 at 1:42pm

Watching the movie for the upteenth time, I am struck by just how good the acting is, and how I am still noticing new details even after being able to quote the film pretty much by heart. Things like how Donald Madden allows John Dickinson to be amused by some of Franklin's wittier contributions to the debate, even as he argues against him, or the way Thomas Jefferson gives a subtle little nod to Adams after describing the decloration in one sentance, or how the Leather Apron has actually fallen asleep behind Adams during the lengthy session of editing the declaration. I think it's the best possible film we could have hoped fo of this show.

Question for those who saw the original production: How did the show work without an intermission? I cannot imagine a 2.5 hour show without one, especially one as wordy and subtle as 1776...and I speak as a man who routinely sits through Wagner operas.

KathyNYC2
#77It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/5/14 at 10:54pm

^^I did see it but I don't have any memory of there being an intermission or not (it was a really long time ago and I was obviously very young).

I do remember however that I never was bored or antsy and that the show kept my attention throughout and I was recommending it to everyone.

On a purely personal note, I also remember that my mom was ill with cancer during the Broadway run... so we got tickets twice because she was too ill to attend the first time. But then didn't make the second time either and never saw it. Maybe that is part of the reason why I am so emotionally attached to this show.

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#78It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/6/14 at 2:05pm

I love this show. The day after being introduced to it on the Tony Awards, I went straight to the mall and bought the OBC. It's been on my list of favorites ever since. I was extremely fortunate to see the show live with nearly the entire original cast as they toured leading up to filming the movie. While I adore the movie and am so happy with the mostly faithful translation, seeing the show live with that cast was mesmerizing.

Updated On: 7/6/14 at 02:05 PM

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#79It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/6/14 at 2:08pm

I've always been somewhat interested in this show, but never really got into it. This year I decided to watch the entire film (since previously I'd only seen snippets) and really fell in love with it. The script, of course, is so well-written, and I love the score- He Plays the Violin is just such a joyful song and is one of my favorites. Also, this is minor, but does anyone else love Ralston Hill's performance as Thomson in the film? Yes, it's a small role, but his reactions are so much fun to watch.


I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

gangtey
#80It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/13/14 at 9:02am

HBO ran the John Adams miniseries last week. I had a laugh at its little homage to 1776, when Adams was pacing the floor during a tense scene and Abigail says "For god's sake John, sit down."

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#81It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/13/14 at 2:00pm

WonderfulWizard: RALSTON HILL! I love that guy. He is so very, very good. What I love about his portrayal of Thompson is how seriously he takes his relatively pointless job, how certain he is that without him the entire congress would completely fall apart.

Dr. Kitchell
#82It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/14/14 at 7:00am

The first show I ever saw on Broadway was the original production. I was in the 4th grade. While I don't remember everything, and I doubt that I understood what was happening, I can vividly recall the ending when the scrim came down with all of the signatures. It made such an impression. I loved it.
Years later I was very fortunate to play Rutledge in a production. To do that song, with a full orchestra, was a rush that is hard to describe.
I recently listened to the OBC (while at the Gym on the 4th of July, as you do). No discussion of this show is complete without mentioning the brilliant and intricate orchestrations of Eddie Sauter. The violin solo alone in "...violin" is enough to have given this man a Tony Award.

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#83It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/14/14 at 8:06am

Out of curiosity, what was the reason that there was no best score category in 1969?


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#84It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 7/14/14 at 8:59am

So bizarre-- no award for book of a musical either!

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#85It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 1/31/15 at 12:28am

For those in Hollywood, the TCM Classic Film Festival in March is showing a "new 4K definitive director’s cut restoration from the original negative, which includes some footage not previously seen", with William Daniels, Ken Howard and Peter Hunt attending.
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#86It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 1/31/15 at 6:51am

4K restoration also means, the blu ray is coming. At last!

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#87It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 1/31/15 at 8:03am

Counting the days. Always attend the TCM festival, and although for some seeing a restoration of THE SOUND OF MUSIC and having Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer there to talk about it, will be the highlight, for us it's seeing 1776 in all its glory, with all the cuts restored properly and looking the way it should. And yes, seeing William Daniels, who refused the Tony nomination as Best Supporting Actor in the original production, because he was clearly not "supporting" anyone, and lost a shoo-in award to Ron Holgate, as Richard Henry Lee. He was totally right, of course, but I would have loved to see him be recognized for that brilliant performance. A great actor, now 87, whose performances in this, TWO FOR THE ROAD, THE GRADUATE and, of course, on TV's ST. ELSEWHERE, were always remarkable.

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#88It's time to talk about how much we love 1776
Posted: 1/31/15 at 10:16am

I sat and watched the 4K of SOM in the week. It was an absolute joy. But be warned, the 4K highlights every flaw.