Fully Sold-Out Production of 1776 Adds Performance at Ivoryton Playhouse

The Tony Award-winning Musical, Starring Broadway’s Mark Aldrich, Has Enjoyed a Record-Breaking Box-office Run at the Historic Playhouse

Ivoryton Playhouse’s summer production of the Tony Award-winning musical 1776 has received overwhelming enthusiasm from patrons and critics, prompting Playhouse executives to add an additional performance, giving audiences one more opportunity to enjoy the highly acclaimed work happening on the historic Playhouse stage. The performance has been added on July 22 at 7:30. Tickets are expected to sell quickly, and the added show itself may soon be sold out. 

Arriving at a particularly meaningful moment, as the nation celebrates the Semi-quincentennial, 1776, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone, offers audiences a spirited and surprisingly human look at the complicated birth of the United States. Set in the sweltering summer of 1776, the musical follows John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and the members of the Continental Congress as they struggle to agree on the bold and dangerous act of declaring independence from Great Britain. The result is a production that feels both deeply rooted in history and remarkably alive in the present.

Performances began June 25, and all shows are completely sold out until July 26, except for this added performance on July 22. Tickets are available through the Ivoryton Playhouse box office at 860-767-7318 or online at ivorytonplayhouse.org.