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Butler (front) and Rado (behind Butler, in black T-shirt and cap) with a 2006 Hair cast in Red Bank, New Jersey. The New York Times noted in 2007 that "Hair was one of the last Broadway musicals to saturate the culture as shows from the golden age once regularly did." [20] Songs from the musical have been featured in films and television episodes.
Hair ' s cast album stayed at No. 1 for 13 weeks in 1969. [2] The recording also received a Grammy Award in 1969 for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album [3] and sold nearly 3 million copies in the U.S. by December 1969. [4] The New York Times noted in 2007 that "The cast album of Hair was ... a must-have for the middle classes. Its ...
Hall was still involved in Hair in 1971, having performed "Aquarius" and "The Lord's Prayer" at the show's birthday celebration at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York and released on the album Divine Hair / Mass in F. [2] She appeared in Godspell starting in 1972 on and off for the next 2 years stopping the show every night singing ...
Shortly before “Hair” opened at Broadway’s Biltmore Theater on April 29, 1968 — 50 years ago this month — Variety reported, “The musical is vehemently anti-establishment and pro ...
The 'Hair' Broadway cast album spawned four top five singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the No. 1 smash “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” by The 5th Dimension.
Plimpton's acting career spanned from the mid-1960s to the late-1980s. She created the role of "Crissy" in the original 1967 Off-Broadway production of Hair, and continued the role as a member of the original Broadway cast when the production moved to Broadway in 1968. [3] [1] In both productions, she sang the song "Frank Mills".
Michael Butler (November 26, 1926 – November 7, 2022) was an American theatrical producer best known for bringing the rock musical Hair from the Public Theater to Broadway in 1968. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During his time as Hair producer he was dubbed "the hippie millionaire" by the press. [ 3 ]
James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical “Hair,” which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died.