Written
in the Rodgers & Hammerstein tradition, the musical covers
the life of Abraham Lincoln from his earliest attempts at
self-improvement through the 1860 election which made him the 16th
president of an already fracturing United States. The show explores
his youth as a flatboat pilot on the Mississippi, his early love for
Ann Rutledge, his troubled marriage to the difficult and mentally
fragile Mary Todd, and his attempt to be a good father to his sons.
Abe is conceived for concert performance or fully staged,
with rich orchestrations for fifteen instruments, twenty-plus
musicians. A separate piano-vocal version
is also available. Strong singers are required for some roles: baritone,
soprano, mezzo-soprano, 3 adult male singing roles, 3 male children
singing roles, male/female chorus with many speaking roles. |
