Will someone shut that Man up?

I had hoped to go to the Arrow Rock Lyceum theatre this summer to see theirproduction of 1776. Unfortunately, I didn't start looking at the website until a few days ago, and it only runs until July 4. I suppose a musical about the founding of the country should only run until the celebration day, sort of iin the same way that a Passion Play a few weeks after Easter is inappropriate, or the way A Charlie Brown Christmas loses its punch when it's watched on Tivo in mid-January.

1776 really is one of my favorite musicals. It has good music, and a built-in good story. Plus it does a great and lively job of telling a sort of convoluted tale, using much of the founding fathers' own language. It
always reminds me of the Doonesbury where the Innkeeper can't get to sleep because of the shouting downstairs. Finally he calls out (I paraphrase) "Gentlemen, Please! Make it a bicameral legislature! One body with equal representation and one based on population. Good night!" And he rolls over and goes to bed. It's probably funnier with the pictures.