Book and Lyrics: Gerome Ragni and James Rado Music: Galt McDermot Director: Jonathan O’Boyle Reviewer: Maggie Constable Some 52 years after Hair the Musical first shocked and delighted audiences in equal measure, the 50th-anniversary tour arrives in Milton Keynes. Time to let your hair down, relive those halcyon days and sing/dance along to anthemic numbers such as Aquarius and Good ...
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Book and Lyrics: Gerome Ragni and James Rado Music: Galt McDermot Director: Jonathan O’Boyle Reviewer: James Garrington One of the sad things about Hair the Musical is that it is famous – or infamous – as much for its nudity as for its themes and music. When it first appeared in 1967 for a brief run in New York this was ...
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Music: Galt McDermot Book and Lyrics: Gerome Ragni and James Rado Director: Jonathan O'Boyle Reviewer: Helen Jones It's 1967. The US is in the middle of sending more troops out to fight in the Vietnam War. Two actors, Gerome Ragni and James Rado come across a demonstration against the war in New York's Central Park, and so the idea for Hair is ...
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Music and lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Roger O. Hirson Director: Jonathan O’Boyle Reviewer: David Guest Magic is in the air in the scintillating new production of avant-garde musical Pippin, given a welcome and deserved transfer after its critical and popular success at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, last year. First produced on Broadway in 1972, the Stephen Schwartz musical is ...
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Book: Roger O. Hinson Music and Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Director: Jonathan O’Boyle Reviewer: Tate James The Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester has had plenty of magic to do since it first opened its doors less than two years ago, and its latest in-house production is just as ambitious, and they mount the 1970s musical Pippin, by Stephen Schwartz. Pippin is ...
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