Hair The Musical: Returns to Broadway!

Some Facts About Hair

1. Hair opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on April 29, 1968.
2. Performers who appeared in Hair during its original Broadway run included Ben Vereen, Keith Carradine, Barry McGuire and Joe Butler (of the Lovin' Spoonful).
3. Donna Summer, the 70s disco queen, played a starring role in the German production of Hair (Haare).
   
   Tim Currey, who later starred as Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror Picture show, was in the London cast of Hair.
4. Hair was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Director but lost in both catagories.
5. The nudity was optional for the performers
6. The original Broadway show had 1,750 performances and was followed by the London production which had 1,997 performances
7. The original 1968 Broadway cast recording received a Grammy Award in 1968 for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album. It sold nearly 3 million copies.
8. The Fifth Dimension medely "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" topped the charts for six weeks. The Cowsills's recording of the title song "Hair" reached #2, Oliver's "Good Morning Starshine" Oliver reached #3 and Three Dog Night's "Easy to Be Hard" reached #4.
9. Hair was controversial and met with both public and legal opposition. Its Cleveland run was amongst the worst. During the run there were several terrible events including: Dynamite was discovered in the theater, a suspicious fire at the Pick-Carter Hotel where the cast was staying killed the wives and two daughters of two actors, and on the final day, a bomb was thrown at the theater from a passing vehicle.
10. Hair returns to Broadway! Previews start on 6 March, regular opening is planned for 31 March 2009.