{"id":40802217376,"date":"2017-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/hair-department-of-music-theatre-arts-to-put-on-iconic-musical-at-mu\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:00:00","slug":"hair-department-of-music-theatre-arts-to-put-on-iconic-musical-at-mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/hair-department-of-music-theatre-arts-to-put-on-iconic-musical-at-mu\/","title":{"rendered":"HAIR – Department of Music & Theatre Arts to put on iconic musical at MU"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University has announced a run of the rock musical HAIR<\/a>, a production by the University’s Department of Music & Theatre Arts. Shows will run from November 10 to 12, and November 15 to 19 in the Lauren K. Woods Theatre. All show times are at 8 p.m., except for Sunday matinees at 3 p.m.
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The story of HAIR explores what it means to be a young person in the changing world of the 1960s. With lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, HAIR became an icon for the anti-Vietnam War movement and a statement for the practice of peace. The show, although set in the 60s, speaks to ideas that remain important social and political topics today. The Department of Music & Theatre’s run of HAIR comes as the musical celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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Songs from the show like Aquarius<\/em>, Good Morning Starshine<\/em>, and Let the Sun Shine In<\/em> have made HAIR into one of theatre’s most beloved musicals. Its narrative explores concepts of identity, community, and global responsibility. The musical is known for its once-controversial elements and its politically aware, rebellious characters, with whom audiences are sure to fall in love.
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HAIR had its start Off-Broadway in the late 1960s, and has since made waves in the world of theatre. The story was eventually adapted into a film, and lit up the silver screen in 1979.\u00a0 With its timeless popularity, HAIR was brought back to Broadway in 2009 for a much-anticipated revival.
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This production is directed by Sheri Anderson, a Monmouth University professor in the Department of Music. The event is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The story of HAIR explores what it means to be a young person in the changing world of the 1960s. With lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, HAIR became an icon for the anti-Vietnam War movement and a statement for the practice of peace. The show, although set in the 60s, speaks to ideas that remain important social and political topics today. The Department of Music & Theatre’s run of HAIR comes as the musical celebrates its 50th anniversary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,19,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40802217376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-center-for-the-arts","category-music-and-theatre-arts","category-uncategorized"],"subheadline":"","youtube":"","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/568\/2017\/10\/newsthumb3-2.jpg","gallery":null,"featured_img":"\"\"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802217376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802217376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802217376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802224540,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802217376\/revisions\/40802224540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802217376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802217376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802217376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}