James Rado News

Sometime after Betty and Adolph and long before Hunter and Jeff, another pair of New York actors wrote a musical with juicy roles for themselves and achieved their dream of taking it to Broadway. Not exactly hippies, but inspired by the dramatic possibilities of the flower power movement, bookwriter/lyricists Gerome Ragni'>Gerome Ragni and James Rado'>James Rado devised a story where the former played Berger, a high school student and de facto leader of a tribe of Manhattan hippies, and the latter was his newly-drafted buddy Claude, who can't decide if he should join his friends in burning their draft cards and, if necessary, fleeing to Canada, or comply with his parents' wishes that he go fight in Vietnam for his country.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced a final one-week extension today for HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical which has been playing to sold out houses at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park since July 22. Directed by Diane Paulus with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, this critically acclaimed revival of the classic 1967 musical has had two previous extensions but now must close on Sunday, September 14.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that Christopher J. Hanke will join the cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical at the Delacorte Theater for the final two week extension of the run (August 17 to August 31, 2008).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that it would extend HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical an additional week at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park this summer.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that it would extend HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical an additional week at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park this summer.

The Public Theater's Shakespeare In The Park presentation of HAIR held its official press opening last night, August 7th, 2008. Directed by Diane Paulus with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, HAIR will run July 22-August 31 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

The Public Theater's Shakespeare In The Park presentation of HAIR will hold its official press opening tonight, August 7th, 2008

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that Christopher J. Hanke will join the cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical at the Delacorte Theater for the final two week extension of the run (August 17 to August 31, 2008).

Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical 'Once on This Island,' opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3.

On July 9th, clothing store Theory (40 Gansevoort St and Hudson) presented a 45-minute preview performance of the Public Theater's upcoming revival of Hair (the show opens July 22nd). The store also exhibited its own original Hair paraphernalia, ranging from scripts to T-shirts and programs inside the boutique. After the show the cast, writer Jim Rado, Public Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, and guests attended an exclusive after-party.

On July 9th, clothing store Theory (40 Gansevoort St and Hudson) presented a 45-minute preview performance of the Public Theater's upcoming revival of Hair (the show opens July 22nd). The store also exhibited its own original Hair paraphernalia, ranging from scripts to T-shirts and programs inside the boutique.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) and Theory Icon Project will present 'Hair in the Plaza' on Wednesday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m.

The meatpacking district is hotter than ever thanks to SEX IN THE CITY, filled with the hottest clubs and restaurants and it gets even hipper on July 9th, when clothing store Theory will present a 45-minute preview performance of the Public Theater's upcoming revival of Hair (the show opens July 22nd).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) and Theory Icon Project will present 'Hair in the Plaza' on Wednesday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m.

The meatpacking district is hotter than ever thanks to SEX IN THE CITY, filled with the hottest clubs and restaurants and it gets even hipper on July 9th, when clothing store Theory will present a 45-minute preview performance of the Public Theater's upcoming revival of Hair (the show opens July 22nd).

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) announced today that it would extend HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical an additional two weeks at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park this summer.

Lower East Side Festival of the Arts to take place this weekend

Original co-creator and members from the original cast of Hair will be appearing on Sirius radio on 5/10-5/14.

When HAIR, The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, opened on Broadway at the Biltmore theatre on April 29, 1968 the musical, with book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot and directed by Tom O'Horgan, broke new ground in musical theatre and the genre of the 'rock musical' was born.

THE 13th ANNUAL LOWER EAST SIDE (LES) FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS will bring together under one roof in just three days over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and many others -- all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic Lower East Side -- for New York City's most diverse FREE 3-day festival, from Friday, May 23 through Sunday, May 25, at Theater for the New City (155 1st Avenue, between E. 9th and 10th Streets) in Manhattan.