Hair (musical) was revived on Broadway.
Hair  : The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot .. Galt MacDermot. Galt MacDermot. James Rado. James Rado. Gerome Ragni. Gerome Ragni. rock musical. rock musical. A product of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s , several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement .. hippie. hippie. counterculture. Counterculture of the 1960s. sexual revolution. sexual revolution. anti-Vietnam War. Opposition to the Vietnam War. peace movement. peace movement. Vietnam War. Vietnam War. The musical 's profanity , its depiction of the use of illegal drugs , its treatment of sexuality , its irreverence for the American flag , and its nude scene caused much comment and controversy .. sexuality. free love. American flag. American flag. The musical broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of `` rock musical '' , using a racially integrated cast , and inviting the audience onstage for a `` Be-In '' finale .. rock musical. rock musical. musical theatre. musical theatre. Be-In. Human Be-In. Hair tells the story of the `` tribe '' , a group of politically active , long-haired hippies of the `` Age of Aquarius '' living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War .. long-haired. Long hair. Age of Aquarius. Age of Aquarius. bohemian. Bohemianism. conscription. conscription. Vietnam War. Vietnam War. Claude , his good friend Berger , their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives , loves , and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society .. sexual revolution. sexual revolution. Ultimately , Claude must decide whether to resist the draft as his friends have done , or to succumb to the pressures of his parents -LRB- and conservative America -RRB- to serve in Vietnam , compromising his pacifist principles and risking his life .. resist the draft. Conscientious objector. pacifist. Pacifism. After an off-Broadway debut in October 1967 at Joseph Papp 's Public Theater and a subsequent run at the Cheetah nightclub from December 1967 through January 1968 , the show opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances .. off-Broadway. off-Broadway. Joseph Papp. Joseph Papp. Public Theater. The Public Theater. Cheetah. Cheetah ( nightclub ). Broadway. Broadway theatre. Simultaneous productions in cities across the United States and Europe followed shortly thereafter , including a successful London production that ran for 1,997 performances .. Since then , numerous productions have been staged around the world , spawning dozens of recordings of the musical , including the 3 million-selling original Broadway cast recording .. Broadway. Broadway theatre. original Broadway cast recording. Hair The Original Broadway Recording. Some of the songs from its score became Top 10 hits , and a feature film adaptation was released in 1979 .. Top 10. Top 40. feature film adaptation. Hair ( film ). A Broadway revival opened in 2009 , earning strong reviews and winning the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for best revival of a musical .. revival. revival ( theatre ). Broadway. Broadway theatre. Tony Award. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Drama Desk Award. Drama Desk Award. In 2008 , Time magazine wrote , `` Today Hair seems , if anything , more daring than ever . ''