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Dartmouth Department of Theater

HAIR: The American Tribal Love-rock Musical

Book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado Music by Galt Mac Dermot
Directed by Carol Dunne

Thursday-Saturday, NOVEMBER 8-10 • 8 pm Sunday, NOVEMBER 11 • 2 pm
Wednesday-Friday, NOVEMBER 14-16 • 8 pm Saturday, NOVEMBER 17 • 2 pm
The Moore Theater
$14 • Dartmouth students $3
All other students $6

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In 1967, HAIR opened at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, ushering in a new era in American musical theater. In 1968, it opened on Broadway—an explosive and revolutionary rock musical that reverberated with the social and political upheaval of its time, featuring a mixed-race cast, explicit sexual language some called obscenity, and some of the most exciting musical theater scores ever written (Aquarius, Good Morning Starshine). It's the story of a group of friends—hippies, political activists, college students, the “Tribe”—whose intertwined young lives express the '60s generation quest for a more peaceful and spiritual society. While telling this tale, the Theater Department production of HAIR also holds Shakespeare's “mirror up to nature,” reflecting on the state of the world today.

Contains adult language and themes.

“When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars.
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius…”

From Aquarius

RELATED EVENTS

Post-performance discussion with director and cast members, Friday, November 9, The Moore Theater

Good Hair Days:

Changing the World Then and Now

Saturday, November 10, following the performance, The Moore Theater
Panel Discussion, moderated by Sylvia Spears, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Student Life, Director, Office of Pluralism and Leadership. Panelists include Lena Martinez '08; Liz Mendoza '08; Xenia Markowitt, Director of the Center for Women and Gender; Jandel Allen-Davis, '80 DMS'84, former President of AAM; Peter Hackett '75, Chair, Theater Department.