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News Creative Team Set for Free 40th Anniversary Hair Concerts The creative team has been announced for the upcoming 40th anniversary concert of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, which will play the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park Sept. 22-24.

As previously announced, Diane Paulus will direct the three-night event. Paulus will be working with set designer Scott Pask, costume designer Michael McDonald, lighting designer Michael Chybowski, choreographer Karole Armitage and music director Rob Fisher. Sound design will be provided by Acme Sound Partners.

The free concerts will also feature a 26-person cast (to be announced shortly) as well as a full orchestra. Hair co-creator Galt MacDermot will play keyboards, and Hair alumni will join the cast onstage.

In a statement Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis said, "Hair is a remarkable artistic work and a stunning societal document, capturing the counter-culture in all its beauty, utopianism, narcissism, idealism and failure. It was a landmark in the American Theater and a pivotal moment in the Public's history. We're thrilled to bring it to Central Park."

Hair features book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. The musical premiered at the Public Theater Oct. 17, 1967, and ran for six weeks; it moved to Broadway April 29, 1968 and ran for 1,873 performances. The musical, according to press notes, is described as such "The year is 1967, and the Vietnam War is at its height. In New York City, a tribe of hippies rails against the establishment, protesting intolerance, brutality, and the dehumanization of society. When Claude, one of their own, gets drafted, he must make a decision about what values are worth fighting for."

Hair will play Sept. 22-24 at 7 PM. Tickets are free and will be available on the day of the performance (two per person) at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park beginning at 1 PM and at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street (near Astor Place), from 1-3 PM. For additional information call (212) 539-8750 or visit www.publictheater.org.

 
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