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James Alexander Radomski (January 23, 1932 – June 21, 2022), known professionally as James Rado, was an American actor, playwright, director, and composer, best known as the co-author, along with Gerome Ragni, of the 1967 musical Hair.
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. The work reflects the creators' observations of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, and several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement .
- Gerome Ragni, James Rado
- 1967
Jun 22, 2022 · James Rado, who jolted Broadway into the Age of Aquarius as a co-creator of “Hair,” the show, billed as an “American tribal love-rock musical,” that transfigured musical theater tradition...
- Barry Singer
Jun 22, 2022 · NEW YORK — James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical Hair, which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died. He was 90....
Jun 22, 2022 · James Rado, the co-creator of the era-defining rock musical “ Hair ,” died in New York City on Tuesday evening, according to the Associated Press. He was 90. “Hair: The American Tribal...
- Sasha Urban
Jun 22, 2022 · James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical Hair, which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died.
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Jun 22, 2022 · James Rado, who along with his friend and writing partner Gerome Ragni created Broadway ‘s seminal Age of Aquarius musical Hair, died peacefully Tuesday evening of cardio respiratory arrest...
