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Tom O'Horgan (May 3, 1924 – January 11, 2009) was an American theater and film director, composer, actor and musician. He is best known for his Broadway work as director of the hit musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Jan 13, 2009 · Tom O’Horgan, a famously innovative director who brought a Downtown, countercultural sensibility to Uptown theater, most exuberantly in the 1968 hippie-celebration-cum-musical “Hair,” one of four...
Tom O'Horgan. Director: Rhinoceros. Tom O'Horgan was named Theatrical Director of the Year in 1968 by "Newsweek" magazine. That watershed year was the apogee of his fame, when he brought "Hair" to Broadway after scoring with two other plays, "Tom Paine" (about the writer of the Revolutionary War-era tome "The Rights of Man") and "Futz!" (1969).
- Composer, Director, Actor
- May 3, 1924
- Tom O'Horgan
- January 11, 2009
Jan 11, 2009 · Learn about Tom O'Horgan, a versatile and influential theatre artist who directed Hair, Lenny, Jesus Christ Superstar, and more. Explore his biography, career, and achievements on the official Masterworks Broadway site.
Mar 4, 2009 · The director, actor, musician and composer Tom O'Horgan brought a new excitement and free-wheeling style to Broadway in 1968 when he directed the ground-breaking production Hair,...
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Tom O'Horgan (May 3, 1924 – January 11, 2009) was an American theatre and film director, composer, actor and musician. He is best known for his Broadway work as director of the hit musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar.
Jan 17, 2009 · Tom O’Horgan, a leader in New York’s experimental theater scene in the 1960s who went on to direct the exuberant, often freewheeling Broadway productions of “Hair” and “Jesus Christ Superstar,”...
