From songs like “The Age of Aquarius” to “The Bitch of Living,” rock music has been a constant presence on the Great White Way. Which musicals have truly rocked Broadway and changed the cultural landscape?
Flip through 10 of the big rock musicals below:
Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Joan Marcus
Jesus Christ Superstar Playbill - Oct 1971
Jeff Fenholt and cast
Friedman-Abeles/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
The Who's Tommy Playbill - Opening Night, May 1993
Michael Cerveris and the cast of The Who's Tommy
Hair Playbill - May 1968
Cast
Rent
The original Broadway cast of Rent.
Joan Marcus
The Rocky Horror Show
Alice Ripley and Tom Hewitt in the 2000 Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Carol Rosegg
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The cast of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Passing Strange Playbill - Opening Night
The cast of Passing Strange
Next to Normal Playbill
Alice Ripley, Aaron Tveit, and J. Robert Spencer in Next to Normal
Joan Marcus
Spring Awakening Playbill - Opening Night
Cast of Spring Awakening
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