6 Best Broadway Musicals by Decade

Best 60s Musical - "Hair"

Hair No other musical defined its decade better than "Hair," despite the fact that it lost the Best Musical Tony that year to "1776," but which show is remembered more? Features such classic tracks as "Good Morning Starshine," the title tune, and "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," which was even covered by the cast of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" during the movie's climatic musical number. Pop legends The Cowsills covered "Hair," and the other songs were also on regular rotation on the radio, a rarity for Broadway shows. And, of course, let's not forget about that infamous nude scene!
 
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Michael Perone has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), and The Long Island Voice, a short-lived spinoff of The Village Voice. He currently works as an Editor in Manhattan. And he still thinks Michael Keaton was the best Batman.