A cast of 17 women and nonbinary performers, dressed in colorful Revolutionry War-era costumes, stands together in front of a red curtain. Some of them are gesticulating, others hold books as if declaiming from them.

One can imagine what inspired directors Diane Paulus and Jeffrey L. Page to rework this 1960s musical about the Continental Congress. There’s the attraction of doing a piece about the nation’s unification during a period of division, not to mention the appeal of presenting the virtually all-male show with an all-female and nonbinary cast of […]

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