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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

also known as A White House Cantata
5 productions 8 recordings 1976 – 9999

Pre-Broadway (1976)

Opened Feb 24, 1976 · National Theatre, Washington, DC
Feb 23, 1976 1st Preview Full Show Audience
Patricia Routledge (Wife), Ken Howard (President), Gilbert Price (Lud), Emily Yancey (Seena), Guy Costley (Little Lud), Bruce A Hubbard (Rev. Brushrod), Randolph Riscol (Royal Visitor), Howard Ross (Secretary of Senate), Reid Shelton (Cockburn/Sen. Roscoe Conklin), Edwin Steffe (James Hoban/Judge), David E. Thomas (Narrator), Lee Winston (Auctioneer/Mr. Henry), Ralph Farnsworth (Babcock)
NoteThe show was unfinished at this point. Leonard Bernstein introduces the show.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976-02-23; Pre-Broadway - Philadelphia - 1st Preview) [ID2945961]
Mar 1976 Songs Only Audience
Ken Howard (President), Gilbert Price (Lud), Guy Costley (Little Lud), Emily Yancy (Seena), Patricia Routledge (Wife)
NoteSometimes listed as a Broadway preview.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976-03; Pre-Broadway - Washington, DC [Incomplete]) [ID2945962]

Original Broadway Production (1976)

Opened May 4, 1976 · Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York
May 1976 Full Show Sound System
Ken Howard (President), Gilbert Price (Lud), Guy Costley (Little Lud), Emily Yancey (Seena), Lee Winston (Babcock/Mr. Henry/Auctioneer), David Thomas (The Stage Manager), Edwin Steffe (Judge/James Hoban), Reid Shelton (Senator Roscoe Conklin/Cockburn), Howard Ross (Secretary of Senate), Randolph Riscol (Royal Visitor/Georgia), Bruce A. Hubbard (Rev. Brushrod), Patricia Routledge (Wife), Raymond Bazemore (Henry), Urylee Leonardos (Rachel), Cornel J. Richie (Jim), Janette Moody (Joby), Carl Hall (Coley), Walter Charles (New Jersey), Richard Chappell (Connecticut), JT Cromwell (New Hampshire), Raymond Cox (Maryland), Richard Muenz (South Carolina), Beth Fowler (Ensemble), Louise Heath (Ensemble), Kris Karlowski (Ensemble), Nancy Callman (Ensemble), Joyce MacDonald (Ensemble), Sharon Powers (Ensemble), Martha Thigpen (Ensemble), Elaine Bunse (Ensemble)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976-05; Broadway [Sound System]) [ID2945964]
May 8, 1976 Closing Full Show Sound System
Ken Howard (President), Gilbert Price (Lud), Guy Costley (Little Lud), Emily Yancy (Seena), Patricia Routledge (Wife)
NoteSometimes labelled as opening night, sometimes as closing night (4th or the 8th of May respectively). It's never been confirmed.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976-05-08; Broadway - Closing [Sound System]) [ID2945963]

Reading (1995)

Opened Jan 27, 1995 · Theatre 603, New York
Jan 1995 Full Show Audience
Carolann Page (First Lady), Jeff Keller (President)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1995-01; Reading) [ID2945965]

London Concert (1997)

Opened Jul 8, 1997 · Barbican Centre, London
performed as A White House Cantata
Jul 8, 1997 BBC Radio Broadcast Complete Radio
Dietrich Henschel (President), Nancy Gustafson (First Lady), Jacqueline Miura (Seena), Thomas Young (Lud), Melanie Marshall (Rachel), Neil Jenkins (Cockburn/Uncle Sam), Blair Wilson (Rhinestone Lilly/Reverend Bushrod), Keel Watson (Henry)
White House Cantata, A (1997-07-08; BBC Broadcast) [ID2950868]

Demo Recordings

Studio Demo [1] Songs Only Studio
Unidentified singers.
Note11 tracks.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Studio Demo [1]) [ID2945966]
Studio Demo [2] Songs Only Studio
Unidentified singers.
Note11 tracks.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Studio Demo [2]) [ID2945967]