1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a stage musical.
Cast[]
- Ken Howard - The President
- Patricia Routledge - The President's Wife
- Gilbert Price - Lud
- Emily Yancey - Seena
- Guy Costley - Young Lud
- Lee Winston - Auctioneer
- Reid Shelton - Admiral Cockburn/Senator Roscoe Conkling
- Raymond Bazemore - Henry
- Urylee Leonardos - Rachel
Plot[]
The musical examins the establishment of the White House and its occupants from 1800 to 1900. Primarily focusing on race relations, the story depicted (among other incidents) Thomas Jefferson's then-alleged affair with a black slave, James Monroe's refusal to halt slavery in Washington, the aftermath of the American Civil War and Andrew Johnson's impeachment.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Rehearse!" - The President, the First Lady, Lud, Seena, and Entire Company
- "If I Was a Dove" - Little Lud
- "On Ten Square Miles by the Potomac River" - Washington and Delegates
- "Welcome Home Miz Adams" - Henry, Rachel and Staff
- "Take Care of This House" - John and Abigail Adams, Little Lud and Staff
- "The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party March" - Jefferson, Little Lud, and Guests
- "Seena" - Lud
- "Sonatina (The British)" - Admiral Cockburn, Officers and Citizens
- "I Love My Wife" - Lud, Seena, and Staff
- "Auctions" - Auctioneer and Buyers
- "The Little White Lie" James and Eliza Monroe
- "We Must Have a Ball" - Buchanan
- "The Ball" - Entire Company
- Act II
- "Forty Acres and a Mule" - The Staff
- "Bright and Black" - Seena and Staff
- "Duet for One (First Lady of the Land)" - Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes and Company
- " Robber Baron Minstrel Parade" - The Minstrels
- "Pity The Poor" - The Minstrels
- "The Red, White and Blues" - The Minstrels
- "I Love This Land" - The President
- "Rehearse!" - Entire Company