‘Hair’ Picked as NBC’s Next Live Musical

Author: Michael O’Connell / Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Don’t hold your breath for the show’s famous nudity to make its way to broadcast television, but NBC has chosen Hair as its next live musical.

The network announced Tuesday that the 50-year-old Broadway hit of the hippie generation will be its latest live staging, with plans for a spring 2019 telecast.

That fills the void left by the twice-delayed staging of Bye, Bye Birdie — which star and executive producer Jennifer Lopez recently revealed to THR is still on the back burner.

“I’m overjoyed that James Rado and Galt MacDermot are trusting us with their masterpiece Hair, one of the most original shows ever conceived for Broadway with one of the greatest scores,” said NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. “These songs are part of the vocabulary of popular music, and this rebellious story of young people protesting and standing up for what they believe in is as relevant today as…

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