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Gerome Ragni (born Jerome Bernard Ragni; September 11, 1935 – July 10, 1991) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter, best known as one of the stars and co-writers of the 1967 musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.
Jul 13, 1991 · Gerome Ragni, co-author of "Hair," the hit musical that for millions around the world became a theatrical summing-up of the rebellious youth culture of the 1960's, died Wednesday in New...
Gerome Ragni was born on 11 September 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Hair (1979), Forrest Gump (1994) and Zodiac (2007). He was married to Stephanie. He died on 10 July 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.
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 ...
Gerome Ragni was born on September 11, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Hair (1979), Forrest Gump (1994) and Zodiac (2007). He was married to Stephanie. He died on July 10, 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.
HAIR was created as an original idea by Gerome Ragni (Jerry) and, myself, James Rado (Jim). We collaborated on the story, text, characters, dialogue and lyrics beginning in late 1964, continuing over the years 1965, 1966 and 1967.
In 1968 the musical, Hair (written by Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and Galt MacDermot), reached Broadway. Its score, an eclectic mix of original compositions influenced by both show music and mid-1960s rock, provided several pop singers with Top Ten hits: “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” for the Fifth Dimension, “Good…
