| 'Hair' is a Grammy award winning musical by Galt | | | | longing to be free. Marijuana ruled the day, with |
| McDermot. It was a Broadway musical that first | | | | incense burning and meditation being their religious |
| came to light in 1967. The book and the lyrics | | | | experiences. Soul-searching, laughing, loving, colors |
| were done by the creators themselves, Gerome | | | | and designs, were all part of the 'Hair' experience |
| Ragni and James Rado. Once they had their | | | | that was the basis for this Grammy award |
| masterpiece finished, they went out and found a | | | | winning musical. Crashing in the streets and in |
| most wonderful composer by the name of Galt | | | | parks was commonplace. It was a rebellion against |
| McDermot. Within three months time he created | | | | the home life and the authority of parents. Men |
| the music that, up to now, defines the Broadway | | | | wore long hair, and bright psychedelic colors were |
| musical whenever it's heard | | | | added for viewing under black lights. The hippie |
| Hair was a product of the 60's. It was a different | | | | movement is what 'Hair' is all about. |
| time, a time of freedom of expression, a time of | | | | The time this Broadway musical tries to capture |
| challenging the 'status quo'. It was rebellious and | | | | was a time where young people lived by the |
| peaceful at the same time. Drugs, especially | | | | code of 'peace and love'. They were all on a |
| marijuana and LSD, were driving forces in shaping | | | | spiritual journey to discover themselves, to take a |
| these times of 'free love' and 'power to the | | | | look inside, to form their own experiences with |
| people'. Anyone who's familiar with the 60's | | | | God and make their own traditions. Freedom was |
| remembers the happenings around | | | | their guiding light, and they forged their way |
| Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. Many of the | | | | toward it at all cost. They studied astrology and |
| 'hippies' would band together and travel around to | | | | horoscopes, and came to believe that their culture |
| concerts and protests. They were called 'flower | | | | sprang out of a coming of age, the 'Age of |
| children'. Hair is about one of these groups of | | | | Aquarius'. Thus, the song 'Age of Aquarius' |
| people, who were from New York's 'East Village'. | | | | became the first song in this Grammy award |
| This Grammy award winning musical portrays this | | | | winning musical known as 'Hair'. |
| group as similar to an Indian tribe. It was a time | | | | Yes, 'Hair' is a Grammy award winning musical. But |
| of questioning authority, and protesting | | | | its success is based on a time that will never be |
| government decisions, and coming against society | | | | experienced again. It lives on in this play, and in |
| as it then existed. Wars, especially Vietnam, bore | | | | the minds of those who are still alive, and were |
| the brunt of their anti-government conspiracies. | | | | there to see it happen. The sixties were a burst |
| This group (and all like them) wanted to bring | | | | of creativity and mind expansion. The spirit of this |
| about a change in the world they lived in. And not | | | | era will live on in this Broadway musical that still |
| be told how to live and how it was supposed to | | | | gets plenty of air-time today. Its songs instantly |
| be by those who didn't understand them. | | | | transport us back to this uniquely wonderful time |
| This Broadway musical depicts this era as a time | | | | in American history. It was indeed a 'happening'. |
| of self-discovery, fueled by hallucinogens and a | | | | |