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[[Image:Hairposter.jpg|right|thumb|Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical]]

[[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. [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]. 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.[http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/LATimes6-7-01.html Los Angeles Times article dated June 17, 2001]  

After an [[off-Broadway]] debut in October 1967 at [[Joseph Papp]]'s [[Public Theater]], the production opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances,<ref name=IBDB>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=3393 ''Hair'' on Internet Broadway Database]</ref>  followed by a successful London production which ran for 1,998 performances.  Numerous productions have been staged around the world since then, and numerous recordings of the musical have been released.  Several of the songs from its score became [[Top 40]] hits, and a successful [[Hair (film)|movie version]] was released in 1979.  ''Hair'' ranked tenth in a [[BBC Radio 2]] listener [[Opinion poll|poll]] of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals" ("Nation" referring to the [[United Kingdom]]).<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/paige/essentialvote.shtml Ranking from the BBC website]</ref>

After an [[off-Broadway]] debut in October 1967 at [[Joseph Papp]]'s [[Public Theater]], the production opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances, [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?id=3393 ''Hair'' on Internet Broadway Database] followed by a successful London production which ran for 1,998 performances.  Numerous productions have been staged around the world since then, and numerous recordings of the musical have been released.  Several of the songs from its score became [[Top 40]] hits, and a successful [[Hair (film)|movie version]] was released in 1979.  ''Hair'' ranked tenth in a [[BBC Radio 2]] listener [[Opinion poll|poll]] of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals" ("Nation" referring to the [[United Kingdom]]).[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/paige/essentialvote.shtml Ranking from the BBC website]

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