I saw it on Broadway and loved it. The score is good. “Is Anybody There” is a poweful depiction of what Aemrica is supposed to be. The opening number works very well. Adams is completely right about Congress. And that very tender number between him and Abigail is sweet and wonderful.
The signing ceremony at the end can move you to tears.
Part of the reason it works was that William Daniels WAS John Adams, as completely as an actor can be his character. (The only other case in a musical where I’ve seen an actor so completely absorbed in his character was Richard Kiley aas Don Quixote in Man of LaMancha.)
Saw the movie when it first came out, back when I was in high school. Got the recording too. An amazing musical.
I hate to sound ignorant but what actually did they remove concerning slavery that prompted South Carolina to vote aye? I have never read or heard that. Good movie though, we dvr’d it.