I entered McGinnis theatre with low expectations for 1776. The only thought running through my mind is how boring this musical will be. Looking around the only other people who were attending were family members of the actors and fellow theatre kids coming to support their department. The more I looked around the more my expectations lowered. My roommate was next to me literally jumping in her seat. Truthfully, she was the reason I went, I couldn’t turn her down after she spent money on my ticket. My roommate chose our seats towards the center back of the theatre in front of the lighting board. Most would consider these the nosebleed seats but with the way McGinnis is designed, I could see the full stage in its entirety. The director Robert Caprio gave an honest anecdote on his first experience with the musical in the playbill. Caprio talks about life in the sixties and the disappointment he felt when “the establishment on Broadway” chose 1776 as the best musical of the year. He continues to talk about him …show more content…
Once his monologue was finished the audience was hit with a thundering of male voices. In an article written by Sophronia Knott, Sutton being a major character spends most his time on stage and describes how his professors guided him and cast mates on how “to take care of ourselves and our instruments”. Fifteen minutes into the play it was time for the first solo of the show. I sat up, curious to see the vocal range of Sutton. To recreate a Broadway show, surely the actors must have had “phenomenal…singing” (1776themusical). All were swept away with the power Suttons voice. Sutton’s voice was reaching ranges that I didn’t know was capable from someone without professional coaching. It caught my attention and made me more active in paying attention to the play and the little details on