Old Retired Guy Blog
April 25, 2009
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Hair Apparent (Page 1/2)When we think of great musicals, we certainly think of Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, and Rado and Ragni. Wait ... Rado and Ragni? Yes, James Rado and Gerome Ragni. They were the men who wrote the book and lyrics to Hair in 1967. Galt MacDermot put their lyrics to music and created some of the most memorable songs of that era. In addition to the title song, tunes like "Aquarius," "Good Morning Starshine," "Easy to be Hard," and "Let the Sun Shine In" still sound fresh today. And, with unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sentiment of this musical even applies. (The big differences, of course, are the lack of the draft and the censorship which keeps images of today's wars out of the news.)
Last week my old roommate Brent called to ask if Kathy and I wanted to see the University Theater production of Hair. This invitation was meaningful because, on March 21, 1970, Brent and Kathy and I joined hundreds of UW students on a chartered train ride down to Chicago's Shubert Theater to see a production of Hair. As you can imagine, this train load of students was a huge 3-hour party on wheels from Madison to Chicago.
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