A reflection and symbol of the turbulent 1960s and the culture and
lifestyles of the Hippies, Hair made history as the first rock
musical on Broadway and one of the most successful musicals. The
sixties left an indelible imprint upon the American psyche, and
Hair, in the words of critic Clive Barnes, "summed it up better
than any other piece of American theatre." Aside from bringing
experimental techniques and rock music to Broadway, Hair, in author
Barbara Horn's view, represented a major step in the evolution of
the "concept musical" from the "book musical" and was the first
concept musical to reach mass audiences, an achievement unheralded
and little recognized. Horn analyzes the social context of Hair and
the Hippies, describes the tenor of the Broadway theatre of the
times and the experimental trends Off-Broadway that culminated in
Hair's innovations on the Great White Way. She then goes on to
relate the dramatic story of Hair's creation and growth, dash myths
and clarify the actual events, including the casual meeting of
coauthors Gerome Ragni and James Rado with producer Joseph Papp on
a train. The transfer of Hair to Broadway is fully detailed, and
the Broadway production is compared with the earlier production at
Papp's Public Theater with lists of song sequences provided.
Several revivals and the film version are also discussed, and staff
and cast lists appear as appendixes. Horn's extensive archival
research is amplified by insights from numerous interviews,
including those with the authors, Ragni and Rado; composer, Galt
MacDermot; Broadway producer, Michael Butler, directors, Gerald
Freedman and Tom O'Horgan, musical director, Galt MacDermot; set
designer, Robin Wagner;lighting designer, Jules Fisher, cast
members, Melba Moore and Lorrie Davis; and others associated with
one or more of the productions, as well as with theatre critics and
theorists. Numerous published works were also connsulted, and a
strong bibliography is provided.
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