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The Broadway-bound revival of the musical 1776, which begins a pre-New York engagement at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, next month, has announced a cast comprised fully of performers who identify as female, non-binary and trans. The cast announced Friday was specifically for the A.R.T. production…

The Roundabout Theatre Company says it will resume production in Fall 2021 with two much anticipated shows – the COVID-delayed Jeanine Tesori/Tony Kushner musical Caroline, Or Change and Alice Childress' Trouble In Mind. The planned musical revival of 1776 will now begin performances in Spring 2022. The nonprofit…

Peter H. Hunt, who won a Tony Award for his direction in 1969 of the now-classic musical 1776, helmed the 1972 film version and numerous episodes of CBS’ Touched By An Angel, died Sunday at home in Los Angeles from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 81. Hunt’s death was reported by his wife, Barbette Hunt…

Broadway can expect 1776 in 2021. But first the revival of this most American musical, to be directed by Diane Paulus (Waitress, Finding Neverland) will stage engagements in various cities from Boston to Los Angeles before landing in New York. A co-production of New York’s nonprofit Roundabout Theatre Company and the…