- Hair (musical) - Wikipedia
Hair tells the story of the "tribe", a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the "Age of Aquarius" living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War
- Hair | Plot, Characters, Songs, Broadway, Controversy, Popularity . . .
Hair, American musical that showcases the counterculture of the 1960s through a loosely connected series of sketches and songs that deride the Vietnam War and social conformity and celebrate sexual freedom, recreational drug use, racial equality, and individuality
- Groundbreaking Musical Hair Premieres at the Public Theater October 17 . . .
Called “the first hippie musical,” the show opened to mixed reviews It had music unknown to the musical theater vernacular Songs such as “Aquarius,” “Good Morning Starshine” and “Frank Mills” would become enormous hits recorded by dozens of singers and groups
- Hair: The musical that ‘changed theatre forever’ - Clipper Media News
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot The work reflects the creators’ observations of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement
- Hippies On Broadway | uDiscover
Hair – The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical’ opened on Broadway on 28th April 1968 and in London in September of the same year With long hair a dominant theme of the Sixties it was appropriate
- Hair - 1968 Broadway Musical: Tickets Info | Broadway World
From its stunning Broadway premiere in 1968, Hair defined the "rock musical," exuberantly celebrating the hippie counterculture, anti-war movement and sexual revolution of the 1960s with a
- Hair the Musical by Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and music by Galt Macdermot
HAIR was the FIRST ROCK MUSICAL! Although it had received generally good critical notices off-Broadway, at the Biltmore Theater it got almost unanimous raves, with Clive Barnes of the New York Times championing it all the way
- HAIR - The Guide to Musical Theatre
As the first and most successful of the rock musicals, Hair represents a new element in musical theatre entertainment Following extensive tribal mood-setting, signaling a time of change and introduction by shock, the action focuses on the plight of Claude's personal generation gap
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