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Broadway veterans Kevin Kern, Luther Creek, Crystal Joy and Phyre Hawkins have officially joined London's HAIR Tribe, which is set to begin performances at the Gielgud Theatre on April 1st. The join most of the original Broadway cast, which is making the transfer. A new Tribe opened on Broadway in early March.
Kevin Kern has been seen on Broadway in Wicked, The Wedding Singer and Les Misérables and Off-Broadway in Next to Normal, Altar Boyz and Finian's Rainbow. Regional credits include Grease and Les Misérables.
Luther Creek appeared in the Encores! Concert production of HAIR in 2001 as Claude. His Broadway credits include, Rent, Footloose and Bobby Strong in Urinetown.
Crystal Joy was recently on the National Tour of Legally Blonde has Elle's sorority sister Pilar. Phyre Hawkins appeared in the national tour of The Color Purple and in the Las Vegas production of Avenue Q.
Most of the original Broadway cast will be making the transfer to the London stage.
A celebration of life, love and freedom, and a passionate cry for hope and change, HAIR features some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage, including ‘Let The Sun Shine In', ‘I Got Life', ‘Hair' and ‘Aquarius'.
Choreographed by Karole Armitage, HAIR features a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. The creative team also includes Scott Pask (scenic design), Michael McDonald (costume design), Kevin Adams (lighting design) and Acme Sound Partners (sound design).
Tickets for HAIR in London (starting at £17.00) are now on sale via www.hairthemusical.co.uk.
HAIR continues on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and is presented in New York 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, Joey Parnes and by special arrangement with Elizabeth Ireland McCann. For tickets to the Broadway production, visit www.hairbroadway.com or www.telecharge.com.
Ghostlight Records New Broadway Cast Recording of HAIR (2010 Grammy Award nominee) has just been released as a limited edition re-mastered vinyl LP.
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