Gerome Ragni

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Gerome Bernard Ragni (September 11, 1942 - July 10, 1991) was an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known as the co-author of the groundbreaking 1960s rock musical HAIR. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of ten children from a poor Italian family, though others say the birth took place in Canada. When he was 5 years old, he began painting crazy, beautiful pictures all over the walls of his family's house and his parents couldn't stop him. Even then, he believed he was a genius. That belief made him tireless. He attended Georgetown University and The Catholic University of America. It was at the latter that he found a flair for the dramatic and he began studying acting with Philip Burton. Gerry made his acting debut in Washington, DC in 1954, playing Father Corr in Shadow and Substance. From then on, he acted whenever he could find work. In 1963, he appeared in the New York production of the hit play War at the Village South Theatre, for which he won the Barter Theatre Award for Outstanding Actor. On May 18 of that year, he married his longtime girlfriend Stephanie. They had a son, Erick, soon after. 1964 found him playing a bit part in the Broadway production of Hamlet at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, which starred Richard Burton. As a result, he appeared in the film version of the show released by Warner Brothers in 1964. That same year, he made his first Off-Broadway appearance in the anti-capital punishment musical Hang Down Your Head and Die at the May

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Hair (The New Broadway Cast Recording)

Hair

Hair [20th Anniversary Edition 2-CD] Disc 1

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Hair [20th Anniversary Edition 2-CD] Disc 2

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Hair (Original Broadway / Off-Broadway Cast Recordings)

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Hair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Hair (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Hair [Original Broadway Cast]

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Hair [Broadway Deluxe Collector's Edition] [Original Broadway Cast] [RCA] Disc 1

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Hair: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical

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Hair - The American Tribal Love Rock Musical - 1968

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Hair [Original Broadway Cast] [RCA]

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