Hair: The American Tribal Love‑Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. The work reflects the creators’ observations of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti‑Vietnam War movement. The musical’s profanity, its depiction of illegal drug use, its treatment of sexuality, its irreverence toward the American flag and its nude scene caused controversy. The work broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of the “rock musical”, using a racially integrated cast and inviting the audience onstage for a “Be‑In” finale. Hair tells the story of the “tribe”, a group of politically active, long‑haired hippies of the “Age of Aquarius” living a bohemian life in New York City and resisting conscription into the Vietnam War. Claude, his friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society. Ultimately, Claude must decide whether to resist the draft, as his friends have done, or serve in Vietnam, compromising his pacifist principles and risking his life. See for more.
Hair
Aquarius
Let the Sunshine in
I Got Life
The Flesh Failures
Abie Baby
Walking In Space
Black Boys / White Boys
Going Down
I Believe in Love
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