| The history of the theater is a long and illustrious one. | | | | as many hit pop records as "Hair". This play featured |
| We're not going to bore you with the historical time | | | | such great hits as "Hair", "Easy To Be Hard", "Good |
| line of what show came out when and who stared in | | | | Morning Starshine" and the number 1 song of 1969, |
| it. You can get that info just about anywhere. What | | | | "Aquarius". Because of the great music in this play, |
| we'd like to do in this review of one of the most | | | | careers for "Three Dog Night", "The 5th Dimension", |
| wonderful forms of entertainment is touch on some | | | | "The Cowsills" and "Oliver" were launched into orbit. |
| of the greatest moments and how they have | | | | Talk about an impact on the music world.Then of |
| forever changed how we look at the world of | | | | course there was the amazing rock opera of the |
| entertainment itself. The theater has had a great | | | | Who, "Tommy". This play was an epic of a musical |
| impact on our lives and the many things we do in our | | | | masterpiece itself and not only put the Who firmly |
| lives. Let's face it, there is just nothing like seeing | | | | on the map as future rock and roll hall of famers, but |
| performers right up there on stage, live, right before | | | | also set the stage for a number of recording stars to |
| your eyes. If you think that's an overstatement then | | | | capitalize on the success of "Tommy" itself. As great |
| you've obviously never been to the theater.You can | | | | as the Who's version of "Pinball Wizard" was, who |
| go all the way back to the mid 1950s when a young | | | | could ever forget the late 70s remake by Elton John? |
| girl by the name of Julie Andrews made her debut in | | | | Tommy will always be one of the greatest moments |
| the London production of "My Fair Lady", a play | | | | in theater history ever.But if you want a single |
| based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Her | | | | defining moment in theater history that chilled an |
| electrifying performance as Eliza Doolittle, the poor | | | | entire world and put a single man on the map as a |
| Cockney gal who couldn't speak proper English if her | | | | living legend, one need go no farther than Michael |
| life depended on it, made her a household name | | | | Crawford's haunting rendition of "Music Of The Night" |
| overnight and began a career that would span over | | | | from "Phantom Of The Opera". This is said to be one |
| 40 years until she sadly lost her voice due to serious | | | | of the greatest musical performances of all time. And |
| throat problems.Looking for something a little more | | | | rightly so. To this day it has been said that nobody |
| recent? How about the very first legitimate musical | | | | played this part like Crawford.These few examples |
| of the 1960s to feature nudity? We are of course | | | | only scratch the surface of a form of entertainment |
| talking about the 1969 production of "Hair". This was | | | | that has captivated and mesmerized us for many |
| a play that literally changed pop music altogether. | | | | years and will no doubt continue to do so for many |
| Never in the history of Broadway has one play had | | | | more years to come. |