To celebrate the arrival of spring, RACE will take over Times Square on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 from 11 am - 1 pm and will have nearly two dozen women wear red sequined dresses for the public. This event will also celebrate the fact that RACE is currently the longest-running play of this Broadway season. The women will be coming from all over the city to wear the show's famous red sequined dress, a major plot point in the play.
Cameron Mackintosh, co-producer of the London production of HAIR, is featured in a terrific new interview with FT.com.
The Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical has its official Opening Night at Gielgud Theatre in London's West End tonight, Wednesday, April 14th.
Former 'American Idol' finalist and new 'Hair' tribe member Ace Young talks HAIR on Fox's Good Day NY.
Wednesday, March 31, marked the one year anniversary of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival, of Tony Award-winning production HAIR. BroadwayWorld was on hand at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to celebrate with the cast post-show.
Former 'American Idol' finalist and new 'Hair' tribe member Ace Young tells People.com that he doesn't have any reservations about performing in the classic nude scene of the Broadway hit. Young tells People that the show's nudity is 'so freeing' and adds that he is quite comfortable in his own skin. 'If I could walk down 42nd Street with a bar of soap and let the rain clean me, I would,' he says. 'I'm comfortable with my body.'
To celebrate the arrival of Spring, women modeling the famous red sequined dresses from David Mament's critically acclaimed new play RACE, took over Times Square on Wednesday, March 24, to promote the show which stars James Spader, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier and Richard Thomas. The women handed out flyers and posed for pictures with passerby's.
Broadway veterans Kevin Kern, Luther Creek, Crystal Joy and Phyre Hawkins have officially joined London's HAIR Tribe, which is set to begin performances at the Gielgud Theatre on April 1st. The join most of the original Broadway cast, which is making the transfer. A new Tribe opened on Broadway in early March.
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical has partnered with Clear Channel New York to create 'Love Out Loud: A Donation of LOVE from HAIR on Broadway,' a series of fundraising auctions benefitting The Fresh Air Fund.
Last night, March 9, The Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR: A Tribal Love-Rock Musical welcomed a completely new Tribe on Broadway, led by American Idol alums Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo, and newcomer Kyle Raibko. BroadwayWorld was there to capture their debut.
It was also announced that a completely new ‘Tribe' will debut in the Broadway production on Tuesday evening, March 9th.
RACE, the critically acclaimed new play, written and directed by DAVID MAMET, starring JAMES SPADER, DAVID ALAN GRIER, KERRY WASHINGTON and RICHARD THOMAS, will play its 100th performance on Wednesday, March 3rd at 8:00.
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will celebrate today's blizzard by offering all remaining tickets for tonight's performance (Friday, February 26 at 8:00 PM) for just $40.
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will celebrate the citywide closings of New York City public and private schools tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10, by offering $40 tickets to students for both the 2:00 P.M. matinee and the 8:00 P.M. evening performances.
As HAIR readies for its Broadway makeover and London premiere, rumors are beginning to swirl as to which current cast members will be settling in across the pond and which new faces will be gracing the Broadway production. The newest reports out suggest that American Idol alumni Ace Young (season 5's seventh runner up) and Diana DeGarmo (season 3 runner up) are among the new picks for the Broadway replacement cast. No official announcement has been made by the production, although it is expected that casting announcements for London and New York are imminent, as the new Broadway performers go into rehearsal in the coming weeks.
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is launching the 'HAIR eParty,' a unprecedented digital initiative designed to give audience members exciting new ways to share and relive the HAIR experience. Beginning tonight, the show's famous finale, when audience members are invited onstage for a massive communal dance party, will be digitally recorded at each performance. The video footage will then be posted on HAIR's official website (www.HairBroadway.com). Audience members will have the opportunity to find and tag themselves, and share the video with friends and family via e-mail or social networking outlets like Facebook and Twitter. Past videos will be archived and remain on HAIR's website.
Today, the producers of HAIR held an open, non-Equity casting call for the Broadway production, in anticipation of the current cast's upcoming move to the West End. Hundreds of hopefuls flooded The Public Theater where auditions were held, waiting out in the cold in a line that circled the block. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the experience.
The producers of HAIR are embracing the show's spirit of generosity and community consciousness in unprecedented ways.
Broadway's hottest 'tribe' is searching high and low for energetic, talented and open-hearted hippies to join their ranks.
Broadway's hottest 'tribe' is searching high and low for energetic, talented and open-hearted hippies to join their ranks.
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