THEA 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Via Galactica, George Furth, Greg Kotis
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Hair: started at the public theatre (which also housed a chorus line, pirates of penzance, Music by galt macdermot. he lived in staten island and was the opposite of a hippie book/lyrics by james rado and gerome ragni in this time, broadway music was popular music. then rock took over the culture and. Hair was the first show with actual rock music (bye bye birdie had some elvis, though) and the last show to have its songs on the radio it"s a parody or pastiche = a loving parody making fun. Joe papp produced the show for them at the public theatre from there, it went to the discotheque club biltmore theatre (where it had more songs and less plot) original show = anti-war protest. Claude is an alien who wants to be a filmmaker. What a piece of work is man (from shakespeare"s hamlet) was a speech.
