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Hair, 2009

Opened March 31, 2009

Closed June 27, 2010

519 performances

Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Revival

Broadway

Hair
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Of the productions that opened in the 2000s, this had the 42nd longest run.

Other stagings of Hair 4 more

1968
Biltmore TheatreBroadway Original, directed by Tom O’Horgan
1,750 performances
1977
Biltmore TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Tom O'Horgan
43 performances
2004
New Amsterdam TheatreBroadway Revival
1 performances
2011
St James TheatreBroadway Return-Engagement, directed by Diane Paulus
67 performances

Who was in it53 named

Steel Burkhardt
Jackie Burns
Lauren Elder
Allison Guinn
Anthony Hollock
Kaitlin Kiyan
Nicole Lewis
John Moauro
Brandon Pearson
Megan Reinking
Paris Remillard
Maya Sharpe
Theo Stockman
Tommar Wilson
Justin Badger
Jeannette I Bayardelle
Nicholas Belton
Larkin Bogan
Natalie Bradshaw
Catherine Brookman
Heath Calvert
Diana Degarmo
Erika Jerry
Mykal Kilgore
Vanessa Ray
Kyle Riabko
Cailan Rose
Jen Sese
Wallace Smith
Lawrence Stallings
Terrance Thomas
Jason Wooten
Ace Young
Emma Zaks
Lee Zarrett

Creative team

Director
Diane Paulus
Choreographer
Karole Armitage

Recordings 1 released while this run was on

2010
Hair (Version originale française)
Hair (Version originale française) Mercury Records 532 436-3; Philips 844.987 BY, released 2010
France

28 more exist for other runs of this show: see Hair for all of them.

Around this production

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 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 controversy. The work broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of "rock musical", using a racially integrated cast, and inviting the audience onstage for a "Be-In" finale. Hair tells the s…

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