Tags: Musical.
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.The story is a somewhat fictionalized account of Benjamin Franklin’s adventures in the French capital. Seeking support for the Colonies’ war against England he arrives in Paris where he enlists the aid of an old friend Madame La Comtesse Diane de Vobrillac a confidante to King Louis XVI.