Stephen Dare Interview with Jim Rado

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Stephen Dare Interview with Jim Rado



Jim Rado, the creator of Hair has been both vilified and celebrated in public since the first performance of Hair opened onstage. It is not an overstatement to say that his work changed the society we all live in and broke boundaries that pushed musical theatre forward.  Hair is not only a work of soulful music, intensely intimate themes, backdrops of epic as well as shockingly small proportions.  Above all, it was the moment at which the hippie ethos was captured. Considering the violence, police action, and anger that the musical engendered, how does Jim feel about it now?  Join us after the jump for the details.

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