1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical) as the Philadelphia version; however, the actors' commentary is entirely removed. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (musical) 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is a 1976 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It is considered to be a legendary Broadway flop, running only seven performances. It was Bernstein's last original score for Broadway. The musical opened on May 4, 1976, at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and closed on May 8, 1976, after 7 performances and 13 previews. It was co-directed and co-choreographed by Gilbert Moses and George Faison. The musical examined the establishment of the White House
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site Pennsylvania Avenue. This precedent was exercised 12 years later. On August 7, 1925, about 40,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan marched on Pennsylvania Avenue. The Klan repeated its march with a similar number of participants in 1926. The marches signified the height of the Klan's power in the United States, even as it was about to lose much of its strength. Another major demonstration on the avenue led to tragedy. In June 1932, thousands of homeless World War I veterans, their families, and their supporters occupied the recently condemned assemblage of buildings at the Federal Triangle construction site between