Review - Let The Sun Shine In On Tom O'Horgan

A Union Square Park bench, frequently occupied by the brilliant stage and screen director Tom O'Horgan, will be dedicated in his honor this coming Sunday, May 3rd at 1pm on the occasion of what would have been his 85th birthday. The first director ever to have four productions running simultaneous on Broadway (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lenny and Inner City) passed away in January of this year.

A memorial plaque will be dedicated by his close friend, Marc Cohen, with a memorial held at 8pm that evening at La Mama etc. (74 E. 4th Street); the theatre space where, along with the Caffe Cino, O'Horgan's creativity became an important force in the Off-Off Broadway movement.

That revolutionary creativity was first seen on Broadway in Hair, a project he joined after the musical's initial run at The Public Theater. His new ideas for the show are regarded as a major reason for the musical's success on Broadway. As Hair now enjoys new success on Broadway, we can be assured that the sun will shine in on Tom O'Horgan's old rest stop for years to come.

Photo by Steve Ladner

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