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 Playbill - Opening Night
The original Broadway cast of Rent.
Joan Marcus
Rocky Horror Picture Show Playbill - Opening Night
Alice Ripley and Tom Hewitt in the 2000 Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Carol Rosegg
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 13, 2010
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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