OffBook: Trying

TRYING’s run is over, and 1776 performances are about to begin. I enjoy the juxtaposition of these 2 shows. While they do both star male politicians, they are of course vastly different. Judge Biddle was “in the process of leaving this life.” In 1776 we get to see our forefathers (for some reason I’ve always loved that word) in the prime of their lives fighting for the right to live and die by their own rules and for the beliefs that they hold dear. They’re starting a revolution, and amazingly they do it through song. Oh didn’t you know? In 1776 life was like a musical, and when something important happened, by golly they sang about it! ...

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