Gerome Ragni News

Firehouse Theatre presents its Season 21 opening production, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical with lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. Directed by Firehouse Theatre Artistic Director Jase Smith (The Wild Party, POP!, The Rocky Horror Show) with music direction by Leilani Giles (POP!, The Rocky Horror Show) and choreography by Starrene Foster (Levitate, The Wild Party, POP!), HAIR will play 14 performances, today, June 26 - July 19, 2014. Opening Night is Friday, June 27th.

Imagine Productions of Columbus will present Hair, Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Music by Galt MacDermot, Produced for the Broadway Stage by Michael Butler, Originally Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre from August 6 - August 17, 2014 at Wall Street Night Club. Directed by Michael Newsome.

Auch in diesem Sommer kann man Musicals wieder auf Freilichtbuhnen in ganz Deutschland erleben, von Klassikern wie Anatevka und My Fair Lady, uber Sunset Bouledvard und Kiss Me, Kate, bis hin zu deutschen Eigenproduktionen wie Maria, Ihm Schmeckt's Nicht und Heiße Ecke. Hier nun ein Überblick uber 20 großere Festivals und Produktionen in Deutschland, der Schweiz und Österreich.

The Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of Hair, the American Tribal Love-Rock musical, which won the Tony and Drama Desk Award for best revival of a musical in 2009, will star Kristen Bell as Sheila, Hunter Parrish as Claude, Amber Riley as Dionne, Jenna Ushkowitz as Jeanie and Beverly D'Angelo as Mom. Adam Shankman will direct and choreograph. Hair will be conducted by Lon Hoyt. Zach Woodlee will serve as associate director and associate choreographer. Additional casting is to be announced.

Firehouse Theatre has announced the cast and creative team behind the Season 21 opening production, HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical with lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. Directed by Firehouse Theatre Artistic Director Jase Smith (The Wild Party, POP!, The Rocky Horror Show) with music direction by Leilani Giles (POP!, The Rocky Horror Show) and choreography by Starrene Foster (Levitate, The Wild Party, POP!), HAIR will play 14 performances, June 26 - July 19, 2014. Opening Night is Friday, June 27th.

American Theater Company concludes the 2013-2014 Season with Hair, book & lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. Hair is directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli with additional direction by JR Sullivan and Music Direction by Austin Cook, and runs May 6 - June 29, 2014 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago, IL. Check out highlights of the show below!

ATC's production of HAIR, directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli with musical direction by Austin Cook runs through June 29 at ATC, 1909 W Byron Ave, Chicago.

American Theater Company concludes the 2013-2014 Season with Hair, music & lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. Hair will be directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli with Music Direction by Austin Cook, and will run tonight, May 6 - June 29, 2014 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago, IL.

Firehouse Theatre has announced Season 21, slated to be one of its most diverse and adventurous seasons yet. Season 21 will feature five remarkable offerings: A Tony and Drama Desk Award winning rock musical, a classic American thriller, a new American Christmas musical, a world premiere play, and an Obie Award winning Off-Broadway hit.

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.

The Keegan Theatre has extended its run of HAIR to April 27, 2014. Performances have also been added for April 2, 9 and 16, 2014.

American Theater Company concludes the 2013-2014 Season with Hair, music & lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. Hair will be directed by Artistic Director PJ Paparelli with Music Direction by Austin Cook, and will run May 6 - June 29, 2014 at American Theater Company, 1909 W Byron St, Chicago, IL. Press opening is Monday, May 5, at 7:00 pm.

HAIR, at Washington, DC's Keegan Theatre, features an exuberant cast, clever staging and direction, rollicking music, and nostalgia, but some of the directors' choices are questionable.

The Keegan Theatre is proud to present HAIR, the tribal love-rock musical with direction by multiple Helen Hayes Nominees Susan Marie Rhea and Mark A. Rhea. Music Direction by Helen Hayes Nominee Jake Null. With fresh and sensual choreography by Helen Hayes Awards nominee Rachel Leigh Dolan, HAIR also features book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado with music by Galt MacDermot. The opening is March 15, 2014 at the Andrew Keegan Theatre in Washington, DC.

City Circle Acting Company of Coralville announces its 2014-2015 season, featuring exhilarating musicals, exciting family-friendly fare, and farcical comedy. All performances will be held at City Circle's home theater, the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, located at 1301 5th Street in Coralville.

Greater Hartford's most affordable and intimate professional theater, Playhouse on Park, is excited to announce its Season Six line up for both their 2014-15 Main Stage Season and their 2014-15 Playhouse On the Edge Season.

Adam Shankman has been announced as the director and choreographer of the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of HAIR, which won the Tony and Drama Desk Award for best revival of a musical in 2009. Shankman is an Emmy-nominated director and choreographer who recently directed and choreographed the film adaptations of Hairspray and Rock of Ages; directed episodes of Glee and Modern Family, as well as Prop 8: The Musical; and was the producer for the Step Up movies.

BroadwayWorld recently had a chance to catch up with Jim Rado, co-writer of Hair, to discuss the show's history, its groundbreaking contribution to musical theatre, and the revisions made for the current touring production…

The Keegan Theatre is proud to present HAIR, the tribal love-rock musical with direction by multiple Helen Hayes Nominees Susan Marie Rhea and Mark A. Rhea. Music Direction by Helen Hayes Nominee Jake Null. With fresh and sensual choreography by Helen Hayes Awards nominee Rachel Leigh Dolan, HAIR also features book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado with music by Galt MacDermot. The opening is March 15, 2014 at the Andrew Keegan Theatre in Washington, DC.

'HAIR' - The rock musical that sparked a revolution and ignited a generation is back! All the original hits and new songs rediscovered from the original production - all played live by The Tribe, lending the show raw energy and immediacy. This new production returns to its rebellious and provocative roots! Although initially performed in 1967, the universal themes of individuality, experimentation and acceptance in the face of oppression are just as resonant today.