| Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. The musical's profanity, its depiction of the use of illegal drugs, its treatment of sexuality, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much comment and controversy. Hair tells the story of the "tribe", a group of politically active, long-haired "Hippies of the Age of Aquarius" fighting against conscription to the Vietnam War and living a bohemian life together in New York City. They struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their pacifist rebellion against the war and the conservative impulses of their parents and society. After an off-Broadway debut in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater and another run in a midtown discothèque space, the show opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances, followed by a successful London production, which ran for 1,997 performances. Numerous productions have been staged around the world since then, and numerous recordings of the musical have been released. Several of the songs from its score became Top 40 hits, and a successful movie adaptation was released in 1979. A 2008 off-Broadway revival of Hair at the Public Theatre will run July 22 through August 31 with an official press opening on Thursday, August 7. 2008 Public Theatre cast for HAIR Jonathan Groff (Claude), Will Swenson (Berger), Caryn Lyn-Manuel (Sheila), Patina Miller (Dionne), Kacie Sheik (Jeanie), Allison Case (Crissy), Jackie Burns (Black Boys Trio/Tribe), Megan Reinking (Black Boys Trio / Tribe), Nicole Lewis (White Boys Trio / Tribe), Saycon Sengbloh (White Boys Trio / Tribe), Darius Nichols (Hud), Bryce Ryness (Woof) |
The Los Angeles cast of the Broadway musical Hair performed on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Aquarius lyrics When the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with mars Then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius the age of Aquarius Aquarius Aquarius Harmony and understanding sympathy and trust abounding no more falsehoods or derisions golden living dreams of visions mystic crystals revelations and the minds true liberation Aquarius Aquarius (Repeat) |
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