Barbour, Cuccioli, Kennedy, O’Malley & More to Headline 1776 at Paper Mill

Robert Cuccioli, Lauren Kennedy, James Barbour and Kerry O’Malley are among the stars in Paper Mill Playhouse’s upcoming production of 1776. The show will run at the Millburn, New Jersey, theater from April 15 through May 17, with a press opening scheduled for April 19. Gordon Greenberg will direct, with choreography by Josh Rhodes.

Joining Cuccioli Tony Award nominee, Jekyll and Hyde as John Dickinson, Kennedy Spamalot, Les Miserables as Martha Jefferson, Barbour A Tale of Two Cities, Assassins, Urinetown as Edward Rutledge and O’Malley White Christmas, Tony Award nominee, Into the Woods as Abigail Adams are Don Stephenson The Producers, Parade, Titanic as John Adams, Conrad John Schuck Annie Get Your Gun, Annie as Benjamin Franklin, Kevin Earley Thoroughly Modern Millie, national tour of Les Miz as Thomas Jefferson and Nick Wyman A Tale of Two Cities, Les Miz, The Phantom of the Opera as John Hancock.

Additional casting includes Jeff Brooks Rev. John Witherspoon, Erick Buckley Robert Livingston, Kenneth Cavett Col. Thomas McKean, James Coyle Caesar Rodney, MacIntyre Dixon Stephen Hopkins, Ian R. Gleason Josiah Bartlett, Todd A. Horman Roger Sherman, Jamie LaVerdiere James Wilson, John O’Creagh Andrew McNair, Kevin Pariseau Charles Thompson, Tom Treadwell Lyman Hall, Aaron Ramey Richard Henry Lee, Michael Rose George Read, Michael Scibilia Joseph Hewes, Ric Stoneback Samuel Chase, and Matthew C. Thompson Lewis Morris. 1776 also features Andrew “Curly” Glynn, Griffin Matthews, and Jared Miller.

Featuring a book by Peter Stone and music & lyrics by Sherman Edwards, 1776 follows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Richard Henry Lee, and Thomas Jefferson as they attempt to convince the members of the second Continental Congress to vote for independence from the shackles of the British monarchy by signing the Declaration of Independence.

First produced on Broadway in 1969, 1776 went on to win three Tony Awards, including Best Musical.