The complete Tony Award-winning, Grammy Award-nominated Broadway cast of HAIR is set to give a performance from the smash hit musical on New Year's Eve in the heart of Times Square. Diane Paulus, Director of HAIR, will stage the number, which will air on NBC's "Countdown with Carson Daly." Other musical guests on the broadcast include Green Day and Rhianna.
The HAIR New Year's Eve performance will also be seen internationally over the internet on the first ever Times Square New Year's Eve 2010 WorldWide Webcast. The new webcast will cover all the action in Times Square from the 6pm Ball Raising ceremony to the hourly practice countdowns, stage performances, special guests and the midnight Ball Drop, allowing worldwide viewers to participate in the celebration while focusing on five separate insider story lines throughout the night. The Times Square 2010 Live Webcast will begin at 5:50pm on December 31, 2009 and end at 12:20am on January 1, 2010 and will be available at TimesSquareNYC.org; Livestream.com/2010, Facebook.com/TimesSquareNYC and many other websites. For more information about the webcast, visit www.TimesSquareNYC.org or www.livestream.com/2010.
HAIR, which opened on Broadway earlier this year (and has recently appeared on many ‘Best of the Year' lists), won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle also recently honored the production with their 2009 award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical. Directed by Diane Paulus and choreographed by Karole Armitage, HAIR features a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. HAIR continues its triumphant run at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, NYC) and will open in a London production, beginning performances on Thursday, April 1, 2010, at the Gielgud Theatre.
Ghostlight Records' New Broadway Cast Recording of HAIR (2010 Grammy Award nominee) has just been released as a limited edition re-mastered vinyl LP.
HAIR is produced on Broadway by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/WenCarLar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, and Joey Parnes by special arrangement with Elizabeth Ireland McCann.
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