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[[Image:Hairposter.jpg|right|thumb|Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical]]
'''''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]]. The musical was a product of the [[hippy]] [[counter-culture]] and [[sexual revolution]] of the 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the [[Opposition to the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam War]] [[peace movement]]. At the time, the musical's depiction of the use of illegal drugs, sexuality, profanity, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much comment and controversy.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/newsid_3107000/3107815.stm "On This day" 27 September] BBC News 1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw. Accessed July 2007</ref> The musical broke new ground in [[musical theatre]] by defining the genre of the "rock musical", utilizing a racially-integrated cast, and by inviting the audience onstage for a [[Human Be-In|"Be-in"]] finale.<ref name=LATimes>[http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/LATimes6-7-01.html Los Angeles Times article dated June 17, 2001]</ref>
'''''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]]. The musical was a product of the [[hippy]] [[counter-culture]] and [[sexual revolution]] of the 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the [[Opposition to the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam War]] [[peace movement]]. At the time, the musical's depiction of the use of illegal drugs, sexuality, profanity, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much comment and controversy.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/newsid_3107000/3107815.stm "On This day" 27 September] BBC News 1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw. Accessed July 2007</ref> The musical broke new ground in [[musical theatre]] by defining the genre of the "rock musical", utilizing a racially-integrated cast, and by inviting the audience onstage for a [[Human Be-In|"Be-in"]] finale.<ref name=LATimes>[http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/LATimes6-7-01.html Los Angeles Times article dated June 17, 2001]</ref>