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Thread #90929 Message #1726855
Posted By: bobad
25-Apr-06 - 09:22 AM
Thread Name: Songs & Commentary about Hair
Subject: RE: Songs & Commentary about Hair
Azizi
The song is from the musical "Hair" From Wikipedia:
Hair, subtitled The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical, is a musical about hippies and was a significant part of the drug, music and peace-love culture of the 1960s. It is famous for originally being performed with all the players totally naked in some scenes. It was written by James Rado and Gerome Ragni (book and lyrics), and Galt MacDermot (music). The original cast previewed a few performances at a go-go club called The Cheetah. It premiered off-Broadway, with much fanfare, as the inaugural performance of the Public Theater, on October 17, 1967, and moved to the Biltmore Theater on Broadway on April 29, 1968 where it stayed for 1,873 performances. The West Coast version played at the Aquarius Theatre on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on September 27, 1968, continuing for 1,998 performances until closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973. It went on to stage productions across the world and continues to be performed today.