O'Horgan, Tom

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
O'Horgan, Tom
Date of birth
1924-05-03
Date of death
2009-01-11
Gender
male
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 21374516
Wikidata: Q1807505
Library of congress: n 94090892
HAI10: 000213108
Sources of Information
  • Barry, J. Lenny, 197-?:container (Tom O'Horgan)
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 13, 2009(Tom O'Horgan; b. May 3, 1924, Chicago; d. Sunday [Jan. 11, 2009], Venice, Fla., aged 84; innovative director who brought a Downtown, countercultural sensibility to Uptown theater, most exuberantly in the 1968 hippie-celebration-cum-musical Hair, one of four shows he had on Broadway at the same time in 1971)

Wikipedia description:

Tom O'Horgan (May 3, 1924 – January 11, 2009) was an American theater and film director, composer, actor and musician. He is best known for his Broadway work as director of the hit musicals Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. During his career he sought to achieve a form of "total theater" described by The New York Times as "wittily physical", and which earned him a reputation as the "Busby Berkeley of the acid set".

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