By Peter Filichia Remember, 1776 is first and foremost an entertainment. What was not on the minds of its bookwriter Peter Stone or its composer-lyricist Sherman Edwards was 100% historical accuracy. For one thing, the 1969 Tony-winning hit shows us fourteen people putting their John Hancocks on the Declaration of Independence (and that includes John Hancock). But fifty-six actually affixed their signat…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:27AM on August 5, 2014