• Ben Franklin in Paris is a musical with a book and lyrics by Sidney Michaels, and music by Mark Sandrich, Jr. with two songs contributed by Jerry Herman...
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    Declaration of Independence in 1776, Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778, Treaty of Paris in 1783, and U.S. Constitution in 1787, Franklin is considered one...
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    Folger Franklin (October 20, 1732 – November 21, 1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. In 1736,...
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  • aspect of his biography in fictional depictions. Franklin appears as a main character in the Broadway musicals Ben Franklin in Paris (1964, portrayed by Robert...
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    Robert Preston (actor) (category Deaths from lung cancer in California)
    played the title role in the musical Ben Franklin in Paris, and he originated the role of Henry II in the stage production of The Lion in Winter, whom Peter...
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    Rita Gardner (category Deaths from leukemia in New York (state))
    the opening of Ben Franklin in Paris in 1964. Her Broadway career subsequently stalled, finding her serving as a standby or understudy in On a Clear Day...
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    René Auberjonois (category Deaths from lung cancer in California)
    Charleston, South Carolina. Auberjonois' family moved to Paris after World War II. After a few years in France, the family moved back to the United States and...
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    The younger Franklin was also secretary for the American delegation that negotiated United States independence at the Treaty of Paris in 1783. He returned...
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    145-146 Ben Franklin to William Franklin, August 14, 1784 Franklin; Smyth (ed.), 1906, pp. 252-254 Bell, Whitfield J. (January 1955). "Franklin Papers...
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  • American Revolution. Valley Forge  -1934 play by Maxwell Anderson Ben Franklin in Paris  – 1964 musical by Sidney Michaels 1776  – 1969 Broadway musical;...
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  • Michael Kidd (category Deaths from cancer in California)
    Are for Sleeping (1961), a musical comedy about homelessness, and Ben Franklin in Paris (1964), starring Robert Preston. He also choreographed the famous...
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    Benjamin Franklin Parkway, commonly abbreviated to Ben Franklin Parkway and colloquially called the Parkway, is a boulevard that runs through the cultural...
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  • of Fame in 1964. Following a national tour of Carnival, Watson returned to New York to play opposite Robert Preston in Ben Franklin in Paris (1964), a...
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    Champion in Bye Bye Birdie (1960) He next teamed again with Kidd for Ben Franklin in Paris (1964) and the ill-fated Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966), which closed...
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    Continental Congress. Franklin, for example, ran a flotilla of Irish and French privateers from the American mission in Paris. Success in intercepting British...
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  • organization based on Locust Street in Center City Philadelphia. Founded as a library in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company of Philadelphia...
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    (1968). Road to Revolution: Benjamin Franklin in England, 1765-1775. Anchor Books. —— (1972). Code Number 72/Ben Franklin: Patriot Or Spy?. Prentice-Hall....
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    Treaty of Alliance (1778) (category 1778 in France)
    signed by delegates of King Louis XVI and the Second Continental Congress in Paris on February 6, 1778, along with the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and a...
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  • (1961) Ben Franklin in Paris (1964); music also by Mark Sandrich, Jr. Hello, Dolly! (1964) Mame (1966) Dear World (1969) Mack & Mabel (1974) A Day in Hollywood...
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    maintaining them. As early as the 1750s, inventor Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia introduced innovations in oil lamp design, such as using two woven wicks to...
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    Albany Congress (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
    Confederation of 1777 (which formally went into effect in 1781) and the Constitution of 1787. Franklin speculated in 1789 that the colonies might not have separated...
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    Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (category Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City)
    "Ben Franklin in Paris – Broadway Musical – Original". IBDB. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021. "Ben Franklin...
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  • York, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0195335330. Hodges, Ben; Willis, John, eds. (2009). Theatre World 2006-2007 - The Most Complete Record...
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  • by Jerry Sanders, Steve Underwood Mark Sandrich, Jr. (1928–1995) Ben Franklin in Paris (1964); music also by Jerry Herman Tom Sankey The Golden Screw (1966)...
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    As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister...
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    they arrest the little bastard?" William Franklin is referenced in Lin Manuel- Miranda's song 'Ben Franklin's Song', sung by The Decemberists first released...
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  • Broadway in the musicals Mame, Oliver!, and Ben Franklin in Paris throughout the mid to late-1960s. Making the transition to television in the early-1970s...
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    Held in Bondage, (better known as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society) and was incorporated in 1789. At some point after 1785, Benjamin Franklin was elected...
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    Miller Theater (Philadelphia) (category Theatres in Philadelphia)
    Hot Spot, Here's Love, 110 in the Shade, The Girl Who Came to Supper 1964: High Spirits, Golden Boy, Ben Franklin in Paris, Something More!, Bajour, Kelly...
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  • Take Me Round Paris" from Yes, Uncle! "Young Parisians" by Adam and the Ants "You're in Paris" from the musical Ben Franklin in Paris "You're OK" by...
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