1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Mark Hellinger Theatre
Previews Began: April 21, 1976
Opening Night: May 4, 1976
Closing Night: May 8, 1976
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Book: Alan Jay Lerner
The trials and tribulations of the White House’s occupants from George Washington to Theodore Roosevelt, and those of their wives and servants, are musicalized by Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner. The Presidents and First Ladies are all played by one man and one woman, and the servants are played by the same couple, Lud and Seena, through the years.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
Rehearse!……….The President, The President’s Wife,
Lud, Seena, Company
If I Was a Dove………………………………………..Little Lud
On Ten Square Miles by the Potomac
River…………………………………….Washinton, Delegates
Welcome Home Miz Adams……..Henry, Rachel, Staff
Take Care of This House………………………John Adams,
Abigail Adams,
Little Lud, Staff
The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party
March………………………….Jefferson, Little Lud, Guests
Seena………………………………………………………………Lud
Sonatina………………………Cockburn, Officers, Citizens
I Love My Wife……………………………..Lud, Seena, Staff
Auctions……………………………………Auctioneer, Buyers
The Little White Lie…………………James, Eliza Monroe
We Must Have a Ball……………………………….Buchanan
The Ball…………………………………………………..Company
ACT TWO
Forty Acres and a Mule……………………………………Staff
Bright and Black…………………………………..Seena, Staff
Duet for One (The First Lady of the
Land)………………….Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Company
The Robber-Baron Minstrel Parade…………..Minstrels
Pity the Poor……………………………………………Minstrels
The Red White and Blues…………………………Minstrels
I Love This Land……………………………….The President
Rehearse! (Reprise)…………………………………..Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Ken Howard The President
Gilbert Price Lud
Patricia Routledge The President’s Wife
Emily Yancy Seena
Jo-Ann Baldo Dancing Ensemble
Clyde-Jacques Barrett Dancing Ensemble
Raymond Bazemore Henry
Singing Ensemble
Joella Breedlove Dancing Ensemble
Elaine Bunse Singing Ensemble
Nancy Callman Singing Ensemble
Richard Chappell Connecticut Delegate
Pratt
Singing Ensemble
Walter Charles New Jersey Delegate
Ordway
Singing Ensemble
Guy Costley Little Lud
Raymond Cox Maryland Delegate
Glieg
Singing Ensemble
J.T. Cromwell New Hampshire Delegate
Scott
Singing Ensemble
Allyne DeChalus Dancing Ensemble
Ralph Farnworth Pennsylvania Delegate
Beth Fowler Singing Ensemble
Linda Griffin Dancing Ensemble
Carl Hall Coley
Singing Ensemble
Bob Heath Dancing Ensemble
Louise Heath Sally
Singing Ensemble
Bruce A. Hubbard Rev. Bushrod
Singing Ensemble
Kris Karlowski Singing Ensemble
Urylee Leonardos Rachel
Singing Ensemble
Michael Lichtefeld Dancing Ensemble
Joyce MacDonald Singing Ensemble
Héctor Jaime Mercado Dancing Ensemble
Diana Mirras Dancing Ensemble
Janette Moody Joby
Singing Ensemble
Richard Muenz South Carolina Delegate
Budgen
Singing Ensemble
Alexander Orfaly Delaware Delegate
Maitland
Cleveland Pennington Dancing Ensemble
Al Perryman Dancing Ensemble
Sharon Powers Singing Ensemble
Cornel J. Richie Jim
Singing Ensemble
Randolph Riscol Georgia Delegate
Royal Visitor
Singing Ensemble
Renee Rose Dancing Ensemble
Howard Ross Massachusetts Delegate
Broom
Secretary of the Senate
Juliet Seignious Dancing Ensemble
Reid Shelton New York Delegate
Cockburn
Senator Roscoe Conkling
Thomas J. Stanton Dancing Ensemble
Edwin Steffe Virginia Delegate
Ross
James Hoban
Judge
Clayton Strange Dancing Ensemble
Martha Thigpen Singing Ensemble
David E. Thomas The Stage Manager
Mimi B. Wallace Dancing Ensemble
Lee Winston Rhode Island Delegate
Barker
Auctioneer
Mr. Henry
Babcock
Singing Ensemble
John Witham North Carolina Delegate
Pimms
Swings: Leah Randolph, Martial Roumain
Understudies: J. Edwards Adams (Lud), Karl M. Horton (Little Lud)