Lyric Stage’s 1776 is a Star-Spangled Treat Great idea by Lyric Stage producer Steven Jones to open his revival of the grand old musical 1776 during campaign season. If only more of those pesky “undecided voters” could see it. What they would witness first and foremost is another of Lyric’s spectacular productions of a rarely done piece of [...]
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I Do Declare! 1776 at Lyric Stage “Our do-nothing Congress isn’t worth a darn. All they do is sit on their rich, elitist butts. They squabble over petty issues, insult each other rudely, complain about the weather and refuse to deal with real issues making life tough for the average citizen.” Sound like a polite Facebook [...]
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IRVING — If you need a little motivation to get out to the polls this year, make a visit to Lyric Stage’s 1776. The Tony Award-winning musical gets the patriotic juices flowing every time you see it. It’s a strange hybrid of a piece, but it certainly does work, especially when performed as well as at [...]
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Turkey calls, Swamp People and Mom’s mac and cheese: Get to know hunky Bryant Martin. Last seen winning hearts and crooning classics as the playful cowboy Curly in Lyric Stage’s acclaimed Oklahoma!, East Coast actor Bryant Martin returns to Irving to star as Thomas Jefferson in 1776. While gearing up for opening night October 26, he took [...]
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1776 Book by Peter Stone Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards Based on a concept by Sherman Edwards The seminal event in American history blazes to vivid life in this Broadway hit. 1776 puts a human face on the pages of history as we see the men behind the national icons: proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, [...]
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