In 1968, when Tim Curry was only 22 years old, he landed his first major acting gig, performing at the Shaftesbury theater in London. He played the role of Woof and was part of the ensemble in a production of "Hair," the popular counterculture "hippie" musical Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and Galt MacDermot. Woof was the role played by Don Dacus in Miloš Forman's celebrated 1979 film adaptation. Prior to this, Curry studied acting in college, and had sung in choirs as a boy. It seems Curry had no screenplay-ready moments of catharsis or quirky episodes of serendipity when wanting to become an actor; he wasn't plucked from a construction job by a producer. He wanted to act, he got educated, and he got acting jobs. Sometimes, we merely achieve what we set out to do.
It was on the set of "Hair" that Curry would meet one Richard O'Brien, a stunt performer for feature films,...
It was on the set of "Hair" that Curry would meet one Richard O'Brien, a stunt performer for feature films,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It was another difficult year in 2022, and the sadness extended to many beloved and groundbreaking people in the show business and media worlds who died during the past 12 months.
Scroll through a photo gallery above, which also includes the obituaries.
The acting world lost giants including Sidney Poitier and Angela Lansbury, along with such big names as James Caan, Anne Heche, Bob Saget, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Nichelle Nichols, William Hurt, Louise Fletcher, Robert Clary, Emilio Delgado, Sally Kellerman, Robbie Coltrane, Monica Vitti, Leslie Jordan, John Aniston, Tony Sirico, Charlbi Dean, Tony Dow, Irene Papas, Howard Hesseman and Seinfeld moms Estelle Harris and Liz Sheridan.
We also pay tribute to directors including Ivan Reitman, Peter Bogdanovich and Marvin J. Chomsky.
Musicians who left us this past year include Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Ronnie Spector, Naomi Judd, Ramsey Lewis, Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Coolio. Many key...
Scroll through a photo gallery above, which also includes the obituaries.
The acting world lost giants including Sidney Poitier and Angela Lansbury, along with such big names as James Caan, Anne Heche, Bob Saget, Kirstie Alley, Ray Liotta, Nichelle Nichols, William Hurt, Louise Fletcher, Robert Clary, Emilio Delgado, Sally Kellerman, Robbie Coltrane, Monica Vitti, Leslie Jordan, John Aniston, Tony Sirico, Charlbi Dean, Tony Dow, Irene Papas, Howard Hesseman and Seinfeld moms Estelle Harris and Liz Sheridan.
We also pay tribute to directors including Ivan Reitman, Peter Bogdanovich and Marvin J. Chomsky.
Musicians who left us this past year include Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, Olivia Newton-John, Meat Loaf, Ronnie Spector, Naomi Judd, Ramsey Lewis, Stephen “tWitch” Boss and Coolio. Many key...
- 12/31/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Butler, the Tony-winning producer who brought Hair to Broadway in 1968 and later produced the film adaptation and many other productions of the show, died Monday in Santa Barbara. He was 95.
His attorney confirmed the news on behalf of Butler’s family but give not provide details.
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As a producer, social figure and international bon vivant, Michael Butler was an international celebrity in the 1960s and ’70s. As his 1968 production of Hair became an international hit, with 12 productions around the world, his friendships grew among exotic global figures such as the Shah of Iran and the Mahajarah of Jaipur. As a host at his lavish polo grounds in the UK,...
His attorney confirmed the news on behalf of Butler’s family but give not provide details.
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As a producer, social figure and international bon vivant, Michael Butler was an international celebrity in the 1960s and ’70s. As his 1968 production of Hair became an international hit, with 12 productions around the world, his friendships grew among exotic global figures such as the Shah of Iran and the Mahajarah of Jaipur. As a host at his lavish polo grounds in the UK,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Kenneth “Ken” Williams, who wrote or co-wrote more than 500 songs including the classic 1972 hit “Everybody Plays the Fool” recorded by The Main Ingredient with lead vocals by Cuba Gooding Sr., died June 17 following a long non-Covid illness at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY. He was 83.
His death was announced by his wife, the Broadway actress and singer Mary Seymour Williams.
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Although most widely known for “Everybody Plays the Fool,” the classic R&b song he co-wrote with Rudy Clark and J.R. Bailey, Williams was a prolific songwriter, record producer, arranger and singer for the past 60 years. Among his songs are “Love, Love, Love” (recorded by Donny Hathaway), “I Can’t See Me Without You” (The Impalas), “Let Me Prove My Love to You” (The Main Ingredient), “Only When You’re Lonely” (Holly Maxwell), “Seven Lonely Nights” (The Four Tops), “Keep on...
His death was announced by his wife, the Broadway actress and singer Mary Seymour Williams.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Although most widely known for “Everybody Plays the Fool,” the classic R&b song he co-wrote with Rudy Clark and J.R. Bailey, Williams was a prolific songwriter, record producer, arranger and singer for the past 60 years. Among his songs are “Love, Love, Love” (recorded by Donny Hathaway), “I Can’t See Me Without You” (The Impalas), “Let Me Prove My Love to You” (The Main Ingredient), “Only When You’re Lonely” (Holly Maxwell), “Seven Lonely Nights” (The Four Tops), “Keep on...
- 6/27/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert Katz, who produced several prestigious movies and TV projects, including 1999’s “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge” and 1993’s “Gettysburg,” has died at 81, his widow, Patricia Brown Katz, confirmed to TheWrap.
Katz, who had been battling lung cancer for several years, died Wednesday morning at the intensive care unit of the Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California.
While a statement prepared by Katz’s friends listed his birthdate as February 7, 1943, Patricia told TheWrap that he was actually born in 1941 and that his middle initial was “F.” for “Francis, not “A.,” which was reported elsewhere.
Patricia, whom he married in 1992, said, “He was a real man’s man, but also took loving care of me for 30 years. He is sorely, sorely missed. He was still working on projects ’til the day he died. He told me, ‘Don’t tell anybody that I’m ill, if they find out, they won’t let me work anymore.
Katz, who had been battling lung cancer for several years, died Wednesday morning at the intensive care unit of the Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, California.
While a statement prepared by Katz’s friends listed his birthdate as February 7, 1943, Patricia told TheWrap that he was actually born in 1941 and that his middle initial was “F.” for “Francis, not “A.,” which was reported elsewhere.
Patricia, whom he married in 1992, said, “He was a real man’s man, but also took loving care of me for 30 years. He is sorely, sorely missed. He was still working on projects ’til the day he died. He told me, ‘Don’t tell anybody that I’m ill, if they find out, they won’t let me work anymore.
- 6/24/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
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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. He was 90.
Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.
Hair, which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.
Hair made possible other rock musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent. Like Hamilton, it was one of only a handful of Broadway shows in the past few decades to find its songs on the pop charts.
The so-called “American tribal love-rock musical,” had its world premiere at the Public Theater in New...
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. He was 90.
Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.
Hair, which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.
Hair made possible other rock musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent. Like Hamilton, it was one of only a handful of Broadway shows in the past few decades to find its songs on the pop charts.
The so-called “American tribal love-rock musical,” had its world premiere at the Public Theater in New...
- 6/22/2022
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Rado, who along with his friend and writing partner Gerome Ragni created Broadway’s seminal Age of Aquarius musical Hair, died peacefully Tuesday evening of cardio respiratory arrest in New York City, surrounded by family. He was 90.
His death was announced by his longtime friend, publicist Merle Frimark.
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Rado and Ragni, who died in 1991, wrote the book and lyrics to the landmark musical (full title: Hair – The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical), with music composed by Galt MacDermot, who died in 2018. In addition to its hugely influential insertion of a ’60s counterculture sensibility into Broadway’s mainstream, the musical contributed a score of songs that would become radio hits (often in cover versions) and stage musical standards: “Aquarius,” “Let The Sunshine In,” “Hair,” “Ain’t Got No/I Got Life,” “Good Morning Starshine,” “Easy To Be Hard,” among others.
In addition to co-creating the musical,...
His death was announced by his longtime friend, publicist Merle Frimark.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery
Rado and Ragni, who died in 1991, wrote the book and lyrics to the landmark musical (full title: Hair – The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical), with music composed by Galt MacDermot, who died in 2018. In addition to its hugely influential insertion of a ’60s counterculture sensibility into Broadway’s mainstream, the musical contributed a score of songs that would become radio hits (often in cover versions) and stage musical standards: “Aquarius,” “Let The Sunshine In,” “Hair,” “Ain’t Got No/I Got Life,” “Good Morning Starshine,” “Easy To Be Hard,” among others.
In addition to co-creating the musical,...
- 6/22/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Robin McNamara, a struggling New York singer-songwriting in the late 1960s who answered a casting call for a new show called Hair and landed a starring role with the replacement cast on Broadway, died Oct. 21. He was 74.
His death was announced today on his official website, though additional details were sparse.
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“On October 21, 2021, Robin McNamara gained his angel wings,” a statement on the page says. “This gentlest of gentle souls was predeceased by his loving wife, Suzie, who departed the earthly plane on May 16, 2018. Robin and Suzie are now reunited for all eternity. Robin will be greatly missed, for his talent but especially for his kind and loving spirit.”
In addition to his run as Hair‘s Claude from 1969-71, McNamara had a big radio hit...
His death was announced today on his official website, though additional details were sparse.
Showbiz & Media Figures We’ve Lost In 2021 – Photo Gallery
“On October 21, 2021, Robin McNamara gained his angel wings,” a statement on the page says. “This gentlest of gentle souls was predeceased by his loving wife, Suzie, who departed the earthly plane on May 16, 2018. Robin and Suzie are now reunited for all eternity. Robin will be greatly missed, for his talent but especially for his kind and loving spirit.”
In addition to his run as Hair‘s Claude from 1969-71, McNamara had a big radio hit...
- 10/27/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A line-up of nearly 30 stars – from Glenn Close, Patti LuPone, Darren Criss, Kelsey Grammar and David Alan Grier to Jake Gyllenhaal, Joshua Henry and Phillipa Soo – will perform title songs from more than 20 musicals for a special livestreamed musical event next month benefiting The Actors Fund.
The event, called Show of Titles, will feature title songs of Broadway musicals spanning nine decades, from “Lady Be Good” to “The Light in the Piazza.” In addition to the above-mentioned performers, the line-up includes Annaleigh Ashford, Len Cariou, Santino Fontana, Isabelle Huppert, Norm Lewis, Rob McClure, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Melba Moore, Jessie Mueller, Eva Noblezada, Kelli O’Hara, Laura Osnes, Steven Pasquale, Michael Rupert, Ernie Sabella, Lea Salonga, Will Swenson, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Uggams, Vanessa Williams and Patrick Wilson.
Making special appearances will be Broadway Inspirational Voices, Candice Bergen, Danny Burstein, Bryan Cranston, Sheldon Harnick, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, John Lithgow, Lindsay Mendez, Phylicia Rashad,...
The event, called Show of Titles, will feature title songs of Broadway musicals spanning nine decades, from “Lady Be Good” to “The Light in the Piazza.” In addition to the above-mentioned performers, the line-up includes Annaleigh Ashford, Len Cariou, Santino Fontana, Isabelle Huppert, Norm Lewis, Rob McClure, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Melba Moore, Jessie Mueller, Eva Noblezada, Kelli O’Hara, Laura Osnes, Steven Pasquale, Michael Rupert, Ernie Sabella, Lea Salonga, Will Swenson, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Uggams, Vanessa Williams and Patrick Wilson.
Making special appearances will be Broadway Inspirational Voices, Candice Bergen, Danny Burstein, Bryan Cranston, Sheldon Harnick, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, John Lithgow, Lindsay Mendez, Phylicia Rashad,...
- 5/17/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Bring back the Age of Aquarius! Olive Films returns with the company’s best Signature Edition ever. The show is an excellent choice for a special edition, as seen by the simply terrific interviews in its battery of added value featurettes. Top creative contributors have been tapped for some great memories. Rather than filming a simple adaptation, Milos Forman reinterprets the hit show, allowing Twyla Tharp’s choreographic genius to soak into most every scene — the result is a marvelous melding of theatrical and cinematic effects.
Hair
Blu-ray
Olive Signature
1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date June 30, 2020 / 39.95
Starring: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D’Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Don Dacus, Cheryl Barnes, Richard Bright, Nicholas Ray.
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondricek
Film Editors: Lynzee Kingman, Stanley Warnow, Alan Heim
Music: Galt McDermott
Written by Michael Weller from the musical book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Produced by Michael Butler, Lester Persky...
Hair
Blu-ray
Olive Signature
1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date June 30, 2020 / 39.95
Starring: John Savage, Treat Williams, Beverly D’Angelo, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Don Dacus, Cheryl Barnes, Richard Bright, Nicholas Ray.
Cinematography: Miroslav Ondricek
Film Editors: Lynzee Kingman, Stanley Warnow, Alan Heim
Music: Galt McDermott
Written by Michael Weller from the musical book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Produced by Michael Butler, Lester Persky...
- 6/30/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Agnes Varda is deservedly eulogized in newspapers and on social media all over America today, but critics, programmers and audiences in the U.S. took time in recognizing her accomplishments. It took several decades for her work gain appreciation in the U.S., and during that time, I witnessed Varda’s ability to continue evolving as an artist every step of the way.
While Varda’s debut feature, “La Pointe Courte” (1955) has yet to have a theatrical release in America, her early short, “L’Opera Mouffe” (1958), was distributed by Cinema 16, an important film club run by Amos and Marcia Vogel in the 50’s and early 60’s dedicated to the showing and release of experimental and avant-garde cinema. The film won some notoriety because of its casual nudity — then still rare on American screens — and it was booked in film societies around the country seeding the bed for later Varda appreciation.
While Varda’s debut feature, “La Pointe Courte” (1955) has yet to have a theatrical release in America, her early short, “L’Opera Mouffe” (1958), was distributed by Cinema 16, an important film club run by Amos and Marcia Vogel in the 50’s and early 60’s dedicated to the showing and release of experimental and avant-garde cinema. The film won some notoriety because of its casual nudity — then still rare on American screens — and it was booked in film societies around the country seeding the bed for later Varda appreciation.
- 3/31/2019
- by Laurence Kardish
- Indiewire
Many filmmakers have taught me how to look at the world, but Agnès Varda is teaching me how to age. She died this week at the age of 90, leaving behind an example we should all strive to meet as we get on in years.
One of the legendary filmmakers who made up the Nouvelle Vague, France’s influential cinematic New Wave of the 1960s, she continually embraced life and a changing world, even after losing her beloved husband and fellow New Wave icon, Jacques Demy, in 1990. In the years when one might have expected her to grow more home-bound, perhaps venturing forth to publish a memoir or pick up the occasional award, she instead continued to plunge into the ever-changing technology of cinema.
As a filmmaker, she constantly experimented with digital cameras and editing, never afraid to step into the arena of the young and always open to completely upending...
One of the legendary filmmakers who made up the Nouvelle Vague, France’s influential cinematic New Wave of the 1960s, she continually embraced life and a changing world, even after losing her beloved husband and fellow New Wave icon, Jacques Demy, in 1990. In the years when one might have expected her to grow more home-bound, perhaps venturing forth to publish a memoir or pick up the occasional award, she instead continued to plunge into the ever-changing technology of cinema.
As a filmmaker, she constantly experimented with digital cameras and editing, never afraid to step into the arena of the young and always open to completely upending...
- 3/29/2019
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Galt MacDermot, who composed the hit Broadway musicals Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona, died Monday, a day before his 90th birthday. His death was confirmed to Playbill by his granddaughter, though a cause of death was not revealed.
After cutting records in the early part of the Sixties, including the Grammy-winning “African Waltz” for saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, the Montreal-born composer moved to New York. Upon meeting lyricists Gerome Ragni and James Rado, he began setting their writings to music and the trio eventually created Hair, which opened off-Broadway in...
After cutting records in the early part of the Sixties, including the Grammy-winning “African Waltz” for saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, the Montreal-born composer moved to New York. Upon meeting lyricists Gerome Ragni and James Rado, he began setting their writings to music and the trio eventually created Hair, which opened off-Broadway in...
- 12/17/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
NBC's next live musical is 'Hair Live,' the original rock musical that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Stage directorDiane Paulus, the Tony Award-winning director of Broadway's 2009 Best Revival of the musical written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot will join Emmy Award-winningAlex Rudzinski, who will serve as live television director as he did for 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.' 'Hair Live' is set for broadcast on Sunday, May 19, 2019 before a live audience.Check out just-released promo art below...
- 11/19/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
NBC is getting ready for the Age of Aquarius: The Peacock network has announced that the 1960s classic Hair will be its next live musical event.
Officially titled Hair Live!, the production will be broadcast in the spring of 2019 in front of a live audience. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who’ve served as executive producers on each of NBC’s previous live musical broadcasts, will be EPs on this one as well.
Hair debuted on Broadway back in 1968, and stands as one of the most iconic chronicles of the 1960s counterculture movement. (The production caused controversy for its depictions...
Officially titled Hair Live!, the production will be broadcast in the spring of 2019 in front of a live audience. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who’ve served as executive producers on each of NBC’s previous live musical broadcasts, will be EPs on this one as well.
Hair debuted on Broadway back in 1968, and stands as one of the most iconic chronicles of the 1960s counterculture movement. (The production caused controversy for its depictions...
- 5/24/2018
- TVLine.com
NBC has set the counterculture classic Hair Live! as its live musical presentation next spring. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who have executive produced all of the network’s live musicals since The Sound of Music revived the genre in 2013, will do so again.
Hair Live! will be produced by Universal Television, MGM Television, and Zadan/Meron Productions. NBC has not officially ended its holiday musical tradition, though the network shifted its live musical events to spring for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 season. It aired Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper, on Easter Sunday last month.
The logline: The story of a group of politically active hippies living a bohemian life in New York while fighting against and resisting the Vietnam War. Claude, his good friends Berger and Sheila, and their “tribe” are coming of age in the world of the sexual revolution...
Hair Live! will be produced by Universal Television, MGM Television, and Zadan/Meron Productions. NBC has not officially ended its holiday musical tradition, though the network shifted its live musical events to spring for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 season. It aired Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. starring John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper, on Easter Sunday last month.
The logline: The story of a group of politically active hippies living a bohemian life in New York while fighting against and resisting the Vietnam War. Claude, his good friends Berger and Sheila, and their “tribe” are coming of age in the world of the sexual revolution...
- 5/24/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC is entering the Age of Aquarius. The broadcaster announced Thursday it’s set the 1967 Broadway hit “Hair” as its next live musical.
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron — who have executive produced each of the Peacock’s song-fueled telecasts from “The Sound of Music” to the recent John Legend-led “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” — will lead the rock opera, which is slated to air in Spring 2019 and tape in front of a live audience.
“I’m overjoyed that James Rado and Galt MacDermot are trusting us with their masterpiece ‘Hair,’ one of the most original shows ever conceived for Broadway with one of the greatest scores,” said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment in a statement Thursday.
“These songs are part of the vocabulary of popular music, and this rebellious story of young people protesting and standing up for what they believe in is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.
Craig Zadan and Neil Meron — who have executive produced each of the Peacock’s song-fueled telecasts from “The Sound of Music” to the recent John Legend-led “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” — will lead the rock opera, which is slated to air in Spring 2019 and tape in front of a live audience.
“I’m overjoyed that James Rado and Galt MacDermot are trusting us with their masterpiece ‘Hair,’ one of the most original shows ever conceived for Broadway with one of the greatest scores,” said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment in a statement Thursday.
“These songs are part of the vocabulary of popular music, and this rebellious story of young people protesting and standing up for what they believe in is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago.
- 5/24/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
This is the 50th anniversary of the love-rock musical Hair, which took the Broadway stage in April 1968. James Rado, co-creator of Hair as well as an original Broadway cast member, was in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y. recently to be inducted into the Rochester Music Hall of Fame. There he met up with Florence Larue, lead singer of The 5th Dimension -- the band that blended two songs from Hair to top the pop-music charts.
- 5/4/2018
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
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-dissenting youth.” Before then, most plays, films and TV shows had avoided antiwar protests and the sexual revolution, or mentioned those topics as a way of reasserting middle-class values. Variety reported another radical aspect: The show “includes a scene of total nudity, with several men and femmes facing downstage.” Police raids and arrests were common with nude shows, though “New York City authorities have adopted a hands-off policy re sexually extreme legit fare,” Variety said. While “Hair” was safe in Gotham, it was vulnerable in other cities: In Mexico, the show was shut down after one performance and the cast album was banned in some countries.
The “American tribal love-rock musical,” as it was billed, was originally produced off-Broadway by the New York Shakespeare Festival, then moved to the Cheetah,...
The “American tribal love-rock musical,” as it was billed, was originally produced off-Broadway by the New York Shakespeare Festival, then moved to the Cheetah,...
- 4/13/2018
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode features panel conversations and 1:1 interviews offering insights on movies that premiered in a particular season of a year in the past, which were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jon Laubinger, Jordan Essoe and William Remmers to discuss four titles from the Summer of 1969: Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool, Alberto Isaac’s The Olympics in Mexico, Federico Fellini’s Fellini Satyricon, and Agnes Varda’s Lions Love (…and Lies).
Episode Time Markers Introduction: 0:00:00 – 0:06:31 Medium Cool: 0:06:32 – 0:53:26 The Olympics in Mexico: 0:53:27 – 1:28:29 Fellini Satyricon: 1:28:30 – 2:20:24 Lions Love (and Lies…): 2:20:25 – 3:19:15 Medium Cool (8/27/69)
Guest: Jon Laubinger
Criterion...
Episode Time Markers Introduction: 0:00:00 – 0:06:31 Medium Cool: 0:06:32 – 0:53:26 The Olympics in Mexico: 0:53:27 – 1:28:29 Fellini Satyricon: 1:28:30 – 2:20:24 Lions Love (and Lies…): 2:20:25 – 3:19:15 Medium Cool (8/27/69)
Guest: Jon Laubinger
Criterion...
- 11/9/2017
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
Hair co-authorlyricist James Rado was thrilled to watch Lin-Manuel Miranda sing 'Aquarius' from his internationally-acclaimed musical performed in James Corden's Crosswalk The Musical series on CBS... bringing the song to new 'Heights.'...
- 8/21/2017
- by Alan Henry
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Times was first to report that celebratory plans have been set for the groundbreaking musical Hair's 50th Anniversary which will take place on January 21, 2017 at La MaMa. The event will include original cast members Natalie Mosco Allan Nicholls the Rev. Marjorie Lipari and Dale Soules,Andre De Shields, the show's creatorsGalt MacDermot and James Rado and more.
- 1/20/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The New York Times was first to report that celebratory plans have been set for the groundbreaking musical Hair's 50th Anniversary which will take place on January 21, 2017 at La MaMa. The event will include original cast members Natalie Mosco Allan Nicholls the Rev. Marjorie Lipari and Dale Soules,Andre De Shields, the show's creatorsGalt MacDermot and James Rado and more.
- 12/26/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 7/13/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2009, the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 3/31/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
This podcast focuses on Criterion’s Eclipse Series of DVDs. Hosts David Blakeslee and Trevor Berrett give an overview of each box and offer their perspectives on the unique treasures they find inside. In this episode, David and Trevor discuss Eclipse Series 43: Agnès Varda in California.
About the films:
The legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda, whose remarkable career began in the 1950s and has continued into the twenty-first century, produced some of her most provocative works in the United States. After temporarily relocating to California in the late sixties with her husband, Jacques Demy, Varda, inspired by the politics, youth culture, and sunshine of the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, created three works that use documentary and fiction in various ways. She returned a decade later, and made two other fascinating portraits of outsiderness. Her five revealing, entertaining California films, encompassing shorts and features, are collected in this set,...
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The legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda, whose remarkable career began in the 1950s and has continued into the twenty-first century, produced some of her most provocative works in the United States. After temporarily relocating to California in the late sixties with her husband, Jacques Demy, Varda, inspired by the politics, youth culture, and sunshine of the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas, created three works that use documentary and fiction in various ways. She returned a decade later, and made two other fascinating portraits of outsiderness. Her five revealing, entertaining California films, encompassing shorts and features, are collected in this set,...
- 9/21/2015
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
In the wake of the wild success of Jacques Demy’s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, the idiosyncratic French filmmaker was lured by Hollywood move to southern California to produce what would become Model Shop. With his wife and fellow cinematic genius Agnès Varda in tow, they moved to Los Angeles in 1967 where Varda would dive headlong into a series of expressively free form personal projects that would be begin with an adventure North to Sausalito where she would meet a distant relative and the subject of her first film included in Criterion’s wonderful new Agnès Varda in California Eclipse set, Uncle Yanco.
Fitting right in line with the personal essay films that would become somewhat of a signature in her late period output with works like The Gleaners and I and The Beaches of Agnès, Uncle Yanco is an invigorating sun-kissed introduction to the progressive, hippy lifestyle that her...
Fitting right in line with the personal essay films that would become somewhat of a signature in her late period output with works like The Gleaners and I and The Beaches of Agnès, Uncle Yanco is an invigorating sun-kissed introduction to the progressive, hippy lifestyle that her...
- 8/18/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Today in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 7/13/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2009, the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 3/31/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 7/13/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chicago – At intermission, I remarked to a fellow theater patron that the musical “Hair,” presented by the American Theater Company (Atc) of Chicago, still has a solid impact. His logical reply, “it’s hard to mess this one up.” The Atc does the classic hippie musical proud, with a raucous rendition.
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Hair” is an American musical theater icon, filled with songs that have become embedded into the DNA of the culture. “Aquarius,” “Hair,” “Easy to Be Hard.” “Good Morning Starshine” and “Let the Sunshine In” all became hits on their own, and when integrated into the “happening” – as Atc likened to call their production – elicits a gut-wrenching power. The energetic cast takes the time trip back to 1968 with no irony, and deliver their flower power with a bit of extra bloom, which made their version that much more impressive – even overcoming some pacing issues. “Hair” is a celebration and a cautionary tale,...
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Hair” is an American musical theater icon, filled with songs that have become embedded into the DNA of the culture. “Aquarius,” “Hair,” “Easy to Be Hard.” “Good Morning Starshine” and “Let the Sunshine In” all became hits on their own, and when integrated into the “happening” – as Atc likened to call their production – elicits a gut-wrenching power. The energetic cast takes the time trip back to 1968 with no irony, and deliver their flower power with a bit of extra bloom, which made their version that much more impressive – even overcoming some pacing issues. “Hair” is a celebration and a cautionary tale,...
- 6/3/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – At intermission, I remarked to a fellow theater patron that the musical “Hair,” presented by the American Theater Company (Atc) of Chicago, still has a solid impact. His logical reply, “it’s hard to mess this one up.” The Atc does the classic hippie musical proud, with a raucous rendition.
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Hair” is an American musical theater icon, filled with songs that have become embedded into the DNA of the culture. “Aquarius,” “Hair,” “Easy to Be Hard.” “Good Morning Starshine” and “Let the Sunshine In” all became hits on their own, and when integrated into the “happening” – as Atc likened to call their production – elicits a gut-wrenching power. The energetic cast takes the time trip back to 1968 with no irony, and deliver their flower power with a bit of extra bloom, which made their version that much more impressive – even overcoming some pacing issues. “Hair” is a celebration and a cautionary tale,...
Play Rating: 4.0/5.0
“Hair” is an American musical theater icon, filled with songs that have become embedded into the DNA of the culture. “Aquarius,” “Hair,” “Easy to Be Hard.” “Good Morning Starshine” and “Let the Sunshine In” all became hits on their own, and when integrated into the “happening” – as Atc likened to call their production – elicits a gut-wrenching power. The energetic cast takes the time trip back to 1968 with no irony, and deliver their flower power with a bit of extra bloom, which made their version that much more impressive – even overcoming some pacing issues. “Hair” is a celebration and a cautionary tale,...
- 6/3/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Today in 2009, the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 3/31/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 7/13/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2009, the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the 'tribe', a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the 'Age of Aquarius' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 3/31/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2009, the second Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. 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. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. Hair tells the story of the tribe, a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the Age of Aquarius living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.
- 3/31/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Monday, January 23 was the Aquarius New Moon And Chinese New Year year of the Dragon - it was also the 80th birthday of one of our national treasures - James Rado - co-author of the legendary musical Hair. Rado celebrated this milestone at The Copacabana, with a crowd of over 125 - family and friends - including original Broadway Hair cast members - Natalie Mosco, Marjorie LiPari, Robert I. Rubinsky aka Bobby The Middle-Aged Celebrity Hair alumni including Heather MacRae, Andr De Shields, Ula Hedwig, Zora Rasmussen, Dale Soules. Other guests included Luther Creek Spider-man, 25th Anniversary tour of Hair, Rent who performed excerpts from Rado's latest musical American Soldier written with brother Ted Rado at the party along with Rosalind Brown, A.D. Coughlan, Ula Hedwig, Sean Jenness, Marjorie LiPari, Michael Lynch, Natalie Mosco, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Gordon Ramsey, Robert I. Rubinsky, Sam Underwood and Alex York.
- 1/25/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
What's most remarkable about the latest revival of "Hair" that officially opened Wednesday, July 13, at the St. James Theatre, is what a great time the actors seem to be having.
That spirit is contagious. By the end, as everyone sings "Let the Sun Shine In," the audience is caught up in the giant love fest, and people rush the stage to groove with the dancers.
That's what it's meant to be. Still, don't let the good vibes mask that this is a musical with a serious message. Set in 1967, it's about a group of young adults in the midst of the seismic changes rocking the country. They're against the Vietnam War, for free love, and women and blacks are fighting for equality.
The musical, which does seem to open and revive itself with astounding frequency, was controversial when it opened in 1968. With song titles such as "Sodomy," actors simulating sex on stage,...
That spirit is contagious. By the end, as everyone sings "Let the Sun Shine In," the audience is caught up in the giant love fest, and people rush the stage to groove with the dancers.
That's what it's meant to be. Still, don't let the good vibes mask that this is a musical with a serious message. Set in 1967, it's about a group of young adults in the midst of the seismic changes rocking the country. They're against the Vietnam War, for free love, and women and blacks are fighting for equality.
The musical, which does seem to open and revive itself with astounding frequency, was controversial when it opened in 1968. With song titles such as "Sodomy," actors simulating sex on stage,...
- 7/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer – Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Parris Mosteller
Super 8 - Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler
Movie of the Week
Super 8
The Stars: Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler
The Plot: After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.
The Buzz: The trailer for Super 8 sent shivers down my spine — good shivers. This film looks to be a beautifully crafted Spielbergian throwback. I’m pleased with the lack of A-list actors too. There’s been an air of mystery around this whole production, as J.J.Abrams and company did their best at keeping everything about this film on the hush-hush. I’ll be checking it out as soon as humanly possible...
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer – Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham, Parris Mosteller
Super 8 - Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler
Movie of the Week
Super 8
The Stars: Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler
The Plot: After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.
The Buzz: The trailer for Super 8 sent shivers down my spine — good shivers. This film looks to be a beautifully crafted Spielbergian throwback. I’m pleased with the lack of A-list actors too. There’s been an air of mystery around this whole production, as J.J.Abrams and company did their best at keeping everything about this film on the hush-hush. I’ll be checking it out as soon as humanly possible...
- 6/8/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
The Cannes Film Festival has always been a place, or a state of mind, that revels in contradiction. It is, of course, one of the glitziest and most fashionable art spectacles in the world — a mod parade of the sports-car-and-champagne elite, so redolent of old money and upper-crust bourgeois-bohemian Euro-chic class. At the same time, the movies that are celebrated and end up winning prizes here have, as often as not, been resounding critiques of that very culture — dire warnings, in fact, about how the stratifications bred by money tear away at our humanity. To me, the quintessential image of...
- 5/13/2010
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW.com - The Movie Critics
There are those who love or are tolerant of the hippies, and those who cross the road at the slightest hint of their presence. Hair, the American rock musical that’s debuting in Delhi this weekend, places itself unapologetically on this psychosomatic divide. The musical, based on the politically-charged lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, opened in New York in 1967. It tells about ‘the tribe’ that engages with the anti-Vietnam protests of the time and the free love embraced by the flower power generation. “The tribe always does things together. It has a life of its own, it’s a ...
- 4/23/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
The new documentary, "Hair: Let the Sun Shine In," after screenings at the Webster University Film Series in April, will air on July 27 at 8:00 p.m. on the Sundance Channel. Award-winning filmmaker Pola Rappaport?s documentary excavates the origins of this culturally transformative theatre work, including interviews with co-creator James Rado and original cast members, as well as abundant and rare archival footage. The result is a delectable deconstruction of a musical that defined an era, a generation and its politics. New Line Theatre's artistic director Scott Miller, author of the book "Let the Sun Shine In: The Genius of Hair," is also featured in the film. New Line Theatre produced Hair last fall to enormous critical acclaim.
- 7/22/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley attending the 40th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in New York City. Photo copyright by Donna Ward / PR Photos. Bebe Winans, Marisol Thomas and Rob Thomas attending the 40th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in New York City. Photo copyright by Donna Ward / PR Photos. James Rado, Galt MacDermot and Erick Ragni attending the 40th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in New York City. Photo copyright by Donna Ward / PR Photos. James Taylor and Caroline Taylor attending the 40th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in New...
- 6/22/2009
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
Start: 06/24/2009 End: 06/27/2009 Timezone: America/Los Angeles Start: 06/24/2009 End: 06/27/2009 Timezone: America/Los Angeles If you're in Los Angeles, catch a crapload of films by legendary Varda June 24-27th 2009! A gifted and outspoken feminist and one of the most acclaimed directors anywhere in the world, Agnès Varda could be considered the prototype of today's independent filmmaker. Varda is a survivor, a stubborn and patient observer of her time and her people, like the pop singer in Cleo from 5 to 7, the lovers in Le Bonheur or the drifter in Vagabond. "I have fought so much since I started ... for something that comes from emotion, from visual emotion, sound emotion, feeling, and finding a shape for that," Varda has said...
Varda directed her first feature, La Pointe Courte, in 1954, with no formal training in filmmaking. The movie has often been identified as the film that started the French New Wave ("and a famous flop,...
Varda directed her first feature, La Pointe Courte, in 1954, with no formal training in filmmaking. The movie has often been identified as the film that started the French New Wave ("and a famous flop,...
- 6/18/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
The man behind the Broadway revival of Hair has been accused of snubbing the director who first made it a hit.
The hippy-themed production returned to the New York stage last month - 41 years it debuted, directed by Tom O'Horgan.
Hair co-author James Rado is behind the new version, but he has been accused of ignoring O'Horgan, who died in January.
New York theatre boss Ellen Stewart says, "O'Horgan has had his name erased from history. There is no mention anymore that Hair was all O'Horgan. He had groundbreaking onstage nudity. He gave us the attitude to do what we please. He instituted modern theatre.
"Every opportunity Rado has had, he has tried to erase everything Tom had to do with Hair. It started with the (1979) film; they didn't let Tom direct it. They are now on Broadway and there is no mention of Tom. It's like this great genius of a man didn't exist. He changed the very look of theatre and gave society a freedom."
But Rado has defended the new production, and insists O'Horgan is credited in the play's programme.
He tells the New York Post, "Tom's original production of Hair was absolutely wonderful. This version of Hair is a new staging, and offers a fresh artistic vision. It is the authors' prerogative and freedom of expression to do this with one's own show."...
The hippy-themed production returned to the New York stage last month - 41 years it debuted, directed by Tom O'Horgan.
Hair co-author James Rado is behind the new version, but he has been accused of ignoring O'Horgan, who died in January.
New York theatre boss Ellen Stewart says, "O'Horgan has had his name erased from history. There is no mention anymore that Hair was all O'Horgan. He had groundbreaking onstage nudity. He gave us the attitude to do what we please. He instituted modern theatre.
"Every opportunity Rado has had, he has tried to erase everything Tom had to do with Hair. It started with the (1979) film; they didn't let Tom direct it. They are now on Broadway and there is no mention of Tom. It's like this great genius of a man didn't exist. He changed the very look of theatre and gave society a freedom."
But Rado has defended the new production, and insists O'Horgan is credited in the play's programme.
He tells the New York Post, "Tom's original production of Hair was absolutely wonderful. This version of Hair is a new staging, and offers a fresh artistic vision. It is the authors' prerogative and freedom of expression to do this with one's own show."...
- 5/11/2009
- WENN
The revival of Broadway's "Hair" is being sheared by charges its co-author James Rado has turned his back on the visionary who made the famed hippie musical a smash hit.
At an East Village memorial for Tom O'Horgan -- who directed the original 1968 production and died in January -- Ellen Stewart, founder of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, drew wild applause as she claimed Rado, who wrote the book and lyrics with Gerome Ragni, has ignored O'Horgan in the latest incarnation.
"O'Horgan has had his name erased from history,...
At an East Village memorial for Tom O'Horgan -- who directed the original 1968 production and died in January -- Ellen Stewart, founder of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, drew wild applause as she claimed Rado, who wrote the book and lyrics with Gerome Ragni, has ignored O'Horgan in the latest incarnation.
"O'Horgan has had his name erased from history,...
- 5/10/2009
- NYPost.com
Welsh singer Tom Jones will receive this year's the Howie Richmond Hitmaker Award at the 2009 Songwriters Hall of Fame 40th Anniversary Awards. The event will be held June 18 at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.
The veteran singer was chosen as the recipient due to his "exceptional staying power and accomplishments, along with his unique artistry," Songwriters Hall of Fame chairman/CEO Hal David said in a statement.
Since the mid-sixties, the septuagenarian has sold over 100 million records and his hits include "Thunderball," the theme song for the James Bond film of the same name; "Green Green Grass of Home," his highest-charting U.S. single, "She's A Lady;" "Delilah;" "Help Yourself;" and "A Boy From Nowhere," Billboard reports.
Inductees at this year's Songwriter Hall Of Fame Awards include Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora; Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati of The Young Rascals; Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Galt MacDermot,...
The veteran singer was chosen as the recipient due to his "exceptional staying power and accomplishments, along with his unique artistry," Songwriters Hall of Fame chairman/CEO Hal David said in a statement.
Since the mid-sixties, the septuagenarian has sold over 100 million records and his hits include "Thunderball," the theme song for the James Bond film of the same name; "Green Green Grass of Home," his highest-charting U.S. single, "She's A Lady;" "Delilah;" "Help Yourself;" and "A Boy From Nowhere," Billboard reports.
Inductees at this year's Songwriter Hall Of Fame Awards include Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora; Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati of The Young Rascals; Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Galt MacDermot,...
- 4/23/2009
- icelebz.com
Hair began preview performances on Friday, March 6th, and celebrated its official opening on night, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. After a smash-hit run at Central Park's Delacorte Theater last summer, Hair returns to Broadway for the first time in over 30 years. BroadwayWorld.com and Broadway Beat bring you highlights from the production and Opening Night interviews with the cast and creative team! The story of a group of young Americans searching for love and peace during the Vietnam era, Hair is a timeless portrait of a movement that changed the world. Its groundbreaking rock score paved the way for some of the greatest musicals of our time. Now, the "Age of Aquarius" dawns again in this jubilant new production directed by Diane Paulus, with choreography by Karole Armitage. Hair features a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, and music by Galt MacDermot.
- 4/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Just over four decades since it first offered a message of peace, love, and freedom for a troubled era, Hair has returned to Broadway. The self-styled "American tribal love-rock musical," by James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot, will open March 31 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Director Diane Paulus has shepherded this revival through two previous incarnations -- a hugely popular three-month run as part of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park program last summer and a 40th-anniversary celebratory concert, also presented in Central Park, for three nights in 2007 -- and for her, the key to success is casting.From the get-go, Paulus told the Public that for even a concert of Hair to work, she had to have the right cast, because so much of the show depends on the "being" of the actors. So she searched for performers who made her believe they cared about the material,...
- 3/30/2009
- by Gerard Raymond
- backstage.com
After playing a brainy, hormonal student defying the strict world of 1891 Germany in the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, actor Jonathan Groff is once again playing a rule-breaking youth. This time it's in the Public Theater's revival of Hair at the Delacorte Theater in New York's Central Park. Originally produced by the Public in 1967, the tuner, with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was famously unconfined by sexual boundaries, a linear plot, or conventional hairstyles.As Claude, a Vietnam War draftee, Groff sprints through the audience, climbs railings, rolls on the ground, and sings with the ensemble in just the first few moments of the show, then remains on stage for much of the night. "It feels like organized chaos," he says. "You have to trust that if you flail your body, the other cast members will accommodate you."Groff also has a...
- 8/6/2008
- by Halley Bondy
- backstage.com
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