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Hair 2019 Sydney Opera House David M Hawkins
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Time Out says

The original tribal rock musical is returning in a new production starring Paulini and Hugh Sheridan

Hair is one of the musicals that forever changed the face of musical theatre. When it premiered in 1967 with its authentically rocking score, anti-war message and famously controversial nude scene, it became an immediate sensation, and ran for four years on Broadway. When it arrived in Australia in 1969 it made a star of Marica Hines.

Fifty years later, it's returning with a new production which is touring the country, stopping in at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre in early September. Hugh Sheridan is flexing his musical theatre muscles as Berger while Paulini will play Dionne, who kicks off the whole show with the anthemic 'Aquarius'. We can already hear her belting out the opening strains: "When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars."

The musical – which also features 'Good Morning Starshine', 'Easy to be Hard', 'Let the Sunshine In' and, of course, 'Hair' – follows a tribe of hippies as they resist authority, call for peace and celebrate free love. As for the famous nude scene that ends the first act and got the musical banned in a bunch of places? Well, there is a content warning of full frontal nudity, so let's assume it's happening.

Producer David M Hawkins has pulled together a stellar creative team. Declan Greene, best known for his fiery and provocative productions of plays (including Blackie Blackie Brown) is directing his first major musical. He's joined by a team of musical theatre veterans: set designer Michael Scott-Mitchell, costume designer James Browne, choreographer Amy Campbell and musical director Glenn Moorhouse.

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Ben Neutze

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