What an amazing original london cast! As for the nudity, I remember it was so dark that it was hard to tell which cast members had disrobed and what ones hadnt!Hair opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on September 27, 1968 with the same creative team as the Broadway production. The opening night was delayed until the abolition of theatre censorship in England under the Theatres Act 1968. As with other early productions, the London show added a sprinkling of local allusions and other minor departures from the Broadway version.The original London tribe included Sonja Kristina, Paul Nicholas, Richard O'Brien, Melba Moore, Elaine Paige, Paul Korda, Marsha Hunt, Floella Benjamin, Alex Harvey , Oliver Tobias and Tim Curry. This was Curry's first full-time theatrical acting role, where he met future Rocky Horror Show collaborator O'Brien. Hair's engagement in London surpassed the Broadway production, running for 1,997 performances[38] until its closure was forced by the roof of the theatre collapsing in July 1973.
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