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Hair‘s Galt MacDermot to Celebrate 80th Birthday with Concert in Staten Island

Galt MacDermot, best known as the composer of the groundbreaking rock musical Hair, will celebrate his 80th birthday on Thursday, December 18 with a reception and concert in his honor at the Veterans Memorial Hall at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, in Staten Island.

The concert will include MacDermot’s classical, popular, and jazz works performed by the Staten Island Philharmonic and the Hair band. The reception will begin at 6:30 pm, followed by the concert at 7:30 pm.

As previously announced, The Public Theater’s production of Hair, seen this past summer in Central Park, will transfer to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning February 13, with an opening set for March 5.

Tickets are $40 for reception and concert, and $20 for concert only. To RSVP, call 718-273-3250 or e-mail siphilharmonic@aol.com.

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