Half a century since the first performance of the musical

Although it gained fame on Broadway (and gained planetary dimensions a decade later, in 1979 with Forman's film), "Hair" first appeared in October 1967 at the Jozef Papp Theater. That is why it is celebrating half a century since its premiere
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Musical Hair, Photo: Oheinema.com
Musical Hair, Photo: Oheinema.com
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Ažurirano: 23.01.2017. 16:42h

Half a century since the first performance of the famous musical "Hair" was celebrated in New York's "La mami". It was a night of reminiscence and performance where famous tracks were played, but also some of the actors of the first theatrical version appeared. The celebration also featured the life stories of the creators themselves - composer Golt McDermott and author James Rado. For the first time, a demo recording of the song "Kosa" was released to the public - in which, along with McDermott and Rado, the third author, Jerome Ragni, sings.

Although it gained fame on Broadway (and gained planetary dimensions a decade later, in 1979 with Forman's film), "Hair" first appeared in October 1967 at the Jozef Papp Theater. That is why it is celebrating half a century since its premiere.

The Belgrade premiere of "Kose" took place already the following season. Having seen it on Broadway, Mira Trailović and Zoran Ratković dared to put the story of the hippie "tribe" and its anti-war cry on the stage of Atelje 212, in the still conservative, socialist Yugoslavia. And the theme of the musical is more than topical: the XNUMXs and the US war with Vietnam. The time of youthful rebellion against the establishment, desire for freedom, sexual revolution and rejection of all social restraints, reports Novosti.rs. Many big names have passed through "Kosa" - Mihailo Miša Janketić, Dragan Nikolić, Dušan Prelević Prele, Mihajlo Kostić, Miodrag Andrić, Jelisaveta Sablić, Nada Blam, Gordana Marić.

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