Joe Papp’s esteemed Public Theater in New York City let its freak flag fly and its tie-dyed costumes hit the stage floor with the debut of Hair, the “American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”, on this date in 1967.
Aside from a songbook that produced such mega-hits as the title song and "Age of Aquarius", Hair chronicled the ’60s counter-culture with all the necessary flourishes: flower-power, psychedelia, free love, and live nude singers and dancers.
After several stop-and-start stagings, Hair turned on Broadway audiences in 1968, and ran for 1,742 performances at the Biltmore theaters.
The show was revived numerous times and performed by countless groups all over the world. In 1979, Milos Forman directed the movie version of Hair, which features totally groovy nudity (especially in a PG-rated film) from Beverly D’Angelo, along with Nell Carter and Charlotte Raye shaking their groove things in a most mind-expanding manner.
Click the pic to see Beverly D’Angelo in the buff. In public!
Hair Brings Nudity to the New York Stage -- October 18, 1967
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