Tom O'Horgan, Tony Nominated HAIR Director, Dies At Age 84

Tom O'Horgan, the director who received a Tony Award Nomination for HAIR, has died at age 84. Published reports state that he was battling with Alzheimer's Disease.

O'Horgan made his Broadway directorial debut in 1968 with the ground-breaking musical Hair, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. Additional Broadway credits include Lenny, with Cliff Gorman as controversial comedian-satirist Lenny Bruce, Jesus Christ Superstar, Dude, Inner City, The Leaf People, and I Won't Dance.

O'Horgan won three Drama Desk Awards for his direction of the off-Broadway plays, Lenny, Futz!, and Tom Paine, and was named Theatrical Director of the Year by Newsweek in 1968.

O'Horgan composed the score for and directed the screen adaptation of Futz! with Frederic Forrest, Sally Kirkland, and Jennifer O'Neill, composed the score for Alex in Wonderland, and directed the film version of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros with Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, and Karen Black.