James Rado

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Los Angeles, California, USA

James Rado is an American actor, playwright, director, writer and composer, best known as the co-author, along with Gerome Ragni, of the 1967 musical Hair. He and Ragni were nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for best musical, and they won for best musical at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards.

Known for

• The Story of Musicals — Self2012
• The Beaches of Agnès — Self (archive footage)2008
• Woman is Sweeter — Passing by1973
• Lions Love — Jim1969

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1932

Active to

2022

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Listeners

8,309

Total plays

62,540

James Rado (born James Radomski in 1932), is an American actor, writer and composer, best known as the co-author, along with Gerome Ragni, of the groundbreaking 1960s rock musical Hair. He and Ragni were nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for best musical, and they won for best musical at the Grammy Awards in 1969. He began as an actor, reportedly did some children's theatre, and then moved to New York in the early 1960s. Prior to Hair, Rado originated <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Ra

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Alexander

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Venice

Place of death

New York City

Occupation

director

Educated at

The Catholic University of America

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Award

Grammy Hall of Fame

Image

Red Bank Hair.jpg

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