The Broadway spectacular Hair, which has been referred to as the consummate rock musical, has also been credited with many firsts from the first and only appearance of Cameron Mackintosh nude on stage, to its title of being the first theatrical production to come after the abolition of the role of theatre censor.
Thus, it should come as no surprise that back in 1968 it was the first theatrical production that contained full frontal nudity on the West End stage and also the first interracial musical. Of course, it should go without saying that Hair was also the first musical to offer songs written about LSD, pot, and sodomy. Never mind the fact that pretty much every evil of the time was also included somewhere in the play such as free love, astrology, drugs, hippies, and war-resisters.
Hair also holds the distinction of breaking plenty of chart records for a musical as the songs Let the Sun Shine in, I Got Life, Ain’t Got No, and Aquarius all rose to the top of the pop charts which outside of Andrew Lloyd Webber has never happened so many times for a musical.
Of course, all of these details make Hair appear to be a dated work that can now be looked back on for its significance, however the play accomplished much more than earning a slot in musical history as it is still a box office success forty years later with a new production running next week at the Gielgud Theatre in London.
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