London Musicals 2010.pub - Over The Footlights

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HAIR (4 th Revival)
London run: Gielgud Theatre,
April 14 th – September 4th (165 performances)
Music: Galt MacDermot
Lyrics & Book: Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Director: Diane Paulus
Choreographer: Karole Armitage
Musical Director: Richard Beadle
Producer: Cameron Mackintosh
Cast: Gavin Creel (Claude),
Will Swenson (Berger),
Luther Creek (Woof), Darius Nichols (Hud), Caissie Levy (Sheila),
Kacie Sheik (Jeannie), Alison Case (Crissy), Megan Lawrence, Andrew Kober,
Kevin Kern
Notes This revival opened on Broadway in March 2009 and was almost universally acclaimed. It went on to
win several awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. Within six months it had recouped its
entire $5,760,000 investment, becoming one of the fastest-recouping musicals in Broadway history. After a
year’s run, the original cast transferred to London and a mostly new tribe took over on Broadway. However,
Broadway sales dropped with this cast change and the show closed on June 27, 2010 after 29 previews and 519
regular performances. (A touring version then ran for fourteen months through the USA returning to Broadway
for ten weeks in the summer of 2011)
Most of the original cast transferred to London where the show received very enthusiastic reviews and a
tremendous audience reaction. Under Equity rules the American performers were only allowed to play for six
months, after which they would need to be replaced by English performers. Cameron Mackintosh decided
against re-casting, and the show closed on September 4, 2010 after 12 previews and 165 regular performances.
Original London production, Shaftesbury Theatre, September 1968.
First revival: Queen’s Theatre. June 1974;
Second Revival: Old Vic, September 1993
Third revival: Gate, September 2005
Photo by Michael Le Poer Trench
Gavin Creek & Will Swenson