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Diane Paulus grew up feeling bad she had missed the 1960s. By age 10, she knew all the songs in Hair by heart, including 'Sodomy.' Having never seen the show, she had an active fantasy life about what Hair must have been like when it was first created. Her vibrant and emotional work in bringing 'her' Hair to life earned her a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of A Musical.

The new Broadway Cast Recording of the hit musical HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, featuring never-before-released tracks from the show's iconic score, will be available in stores beginning on Tuesday, June 23rd.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings Broadway, a program especially created for Reprise. It will have one performance only on Monday, May 11 at 8 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Hal David, Chairman/CEO of the Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF), today announced that Maxyne Lang will receive the Abe Olman Publisher Award to be presented at the 2009 Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards 40th Anniversary gala, slated for Thursday, June 18th, at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel.

Eric McCormack, Emmy Award winner for 'Will & Grace,' will play El Gallo, Lucas Grabeel from 'High School Musical' will play Matt, and Broadway star and Tony nominee Harry Groener will play Bellomy in 'The Fantasticks,' which concludes the 2008-2009 Reprise Theatre Company at the Freud Playhouse May 5-May 17 (press opening May 6).

BroadwayWorld Presents The 2009 Tony Award Nominees: 'Best Revival Of A Musical'

Eric McCormack, Emmy Award winner for 'Will & Grace,' will play El Gallo, Lucas Grabeel from 'High School Musical' will play Matt, and Broadway star and Tony nominee Harry Groener will play Bellomy in 'The Fantasticks,' which concludes the 2008-2009 Reprise Theatre Company at the Freud Playhouse May 5-May 17 (press opening May 6).

The current Broadway revival of HAIR is set to launch a national touring production during the 2010-11 season reports Variety.

The hippies once again took over The Ed SullivanTheatre, that landmark of television history, when the new Broadway cast of HAIR made its national television debut with a performance on CBS' 'The Late Show With David Letterman' yesterday, Thursday, April 30th.

The hippies are once again taking over The Ed Sullivan Theatre, that landmark of television history, when the new Broadway cast of HAIR makes its national television debut with a performance on CBS' 'The Late Show With David Letterman' on Thursday night, April 30th.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present the smash-hit Broadway musical Hair, April 23 - May 2, 2009 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.jorgensen.uconn.edu.

The Drama League (Jano Herbosch, President; Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director) proudly announces nominations for the 2008-09 Drama League Awards, to be awarded at The 75th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon on Friday, May 15, 2009 (noon) in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square (1535 Broadway at 46th Street). The event will be co-hosted by Jeremy Irons (Impressionism) and Cynthia Nixon (Distracted).

HAIR began preview performances on Friday, March 6th, and celebrated its official opening night on 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.

HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical 37-member cast and band went into the studio on Monday, April 6th, to record the show's new Broadway cast album. Production is being rushed for the highly anticipated recording which will be released officially this Spring by Ghostlight Records. The CD is produced by Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Galt McDermott with Bill Rosenfield acting as Executive Producer.

HAIR began preview performances on Friday, March 6th, and had its Opening Night on 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. The show has been met with critical acclaim and audience passion since it celebrated opening night. The New York Times reports on the production and its at one time uncertain but finally joyful journey to Broadway success.

On April 7, ArkivMusic released eight long-unavailable cast recordings on cd for the first time. New releases include DisinHAIRited, Hazel Flagg, Jimmy, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac, Let It Ride!, New Faces of 1952, New Faces of '56, and The Threepenny Opera.

HAIR star, Will Swenson, who is playing Berger in the current revival of HAIR is featured in the current issue of NEXT magazine.

HAIR began preview performances on Friday, March 6th, and celebrated its official opening night on 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's cameras joined cast as they cheered on Gypsy Rose winner Tommar Wilson!

The producers of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical have announced that the 37-member cast and band will go into the studio on Monday, April 6th, to record the show's new Broadway cast album. Production is being rushed for the highly anticipated recording which will be released officially this Spring by Ghostlight Records. The CD will be produced by Kurt Deutsch, Joel Moss & Galt McDermott with Bill Rosenfield acting as Executive Producer.

On Sunday, April 5th, HAIR the Musical will be featured on CBS 'Sunday Morning.' CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will speak with the creators and cast of the Broadway revival as they discuss the past and future of the classic musical with a message that still packs an emotional punch.