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