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Photo Features 41 Actors You Want to See in Hair Live We asked, you answered: Playbill readers shared their dream cast for the live broadcast of Hair.
By Hannah Vine
July 01, 2018

NBC has tapped the 1960s musical Hair as its next live broadcast. The project from producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron is slated for a spring 2019 airing. We asked our social media followers to sound off on their ideal casting for the production.

27 ACTORS YOU WANT TO SEE IN RENT LIVE

Flip through the gallery below to see who our viewers want to see in the cast:

40 Actors You Want to See in the Live Hair Broadcast

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40 Actors You Want to See in the Live Hair Broadcast

We asked, you answered: our followers shared their dream cast for the live broadcast of Hair.

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Gavin Creel
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Darren Criss
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Ben Platt
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Mykal Kilgore
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Will Swenson
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Jeremy Jordan
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Anthony Ramos
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Caissie Levy
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Ana Villafane
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Cynthia Erivo
Marc J. Franklin
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Jasmine Cephas Jones
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Adrienne Warren
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Phillipa Soo
Monica Simoes
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Jackie Burns
Walter McBride
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Ariana Debose
Marc J. Franklin
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Sara Bareilles
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Taylor Louderman
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Annaleigh Ashford
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Kacie Sheik
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Ginna Claire Mason
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Auli'i Cravalho
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Kaitlin Kiyan
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Hailee Steinfeld
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Shoba Narayan
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Mary Kate Morrissey
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Patti Murin
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Jennifer Hudson
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Alex Newell
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Emmy Raver-Lampman
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Patina Miller
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Andrew Chappelle
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Daveed Diggs
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Daniel Breaker
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Kyle Scatliffe
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David Cook
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Jon Robert Hall
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Paul Alexander Nolan
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The musical, featuring music by Galt MacDermot and a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, premiered in 1967 at Off-Broadway's Public Theater before a Broadway transfer the following year. The 2009 revival, starring Gavin Creel, Will Swenson, and Caissie Levy, went on to win the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The national tour of the production played a limited Broadway engagement in 2011.
 
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