MICHAEL BUTLER
presents
PACIFIC MUSICAL THEATRE'S

HAIR

the american tribal love-rock musical

OPENS IN CHICAGO AUGUST 2nd AT THE NEW ATHENAEUM THEATRE

HAIR, the American tribal love-rock musical that popularized the spirit of the 1960's, awakens from its bell-bottomed, tie-dyed time capsule to bring its message of freedom, peace and love to the '90s. Not a nostalgic flashback to the way it was, this summer's HAIR revival is about tuning in and on to now. Michael Butler presents the musical at The New Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago for a 5-week run in August 1996, which coincides with the Democratic National Convention (HAIR opened in Chicago 28 years ago, the same year the last DNC was here).

Introduced on Broadway in 1968, HAIR became a symbol of the cultural revolution that changed the rules. By bringing rock music and the hippie movement on stage in a psychedelic sit-in, HAIR captured the experimental atmosphere of the times. The musical became a forum of struggle between tradition and change as attempts were made to censor the show's content and even ban the production altogether. Twice HAIR went to the US Supreme Court fighting for the freedom it was celebrating, and signaled a new age as the courts upheld the show's right to freedom of speech.

HAIR is being presented by Michael Butler in its original version. Book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado; music by Galt MacDermot. Directed by Dan Kern and choreographed by Lara Teeter, both of the Pacific Musical Theatre, the residential professional theatre of California State University, Fullerton.