The oft-rousing and well-truncated book by Peter Stone celebratory but not without a recognition of the deeply imperfect compromises the union is built on is wrapped into a standard-issue musical comedy aesthetic.
The oft-rousing and well-truncated book by Peter Stone celebratory but not without a recognition of the deeply imperfect compromises the union is built on is wrapped into a standard-issue musical comedy aesthetic.
The drastically re-imagined "1776" is not your father s version of the 1969 tuner, but it s a gorgeously sung, thought-provoking look at the founding of a nation and its imperfect attempts to create a more perfect union.