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Tom O'Horgan
American director, actor, and musician
Tom O'Horgan (May 3, 1924 – January 11, 2009) was an American theater and film director, composer, actor and musician.
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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".[1]
Biography
Early years
Born in Chicago, Illinois, O'Horgan was introduced to theater by his father, a newspaper owner and sometimes actor, who took him to shows and built him footlights and a wind machine.
As a child he sang in churches and wrote operas, including one entitled Doom of the Earth at age 12.[1]
O'Horgan received his degree from DePaul University where he learned to play dozens of musical instruments.[1] After graduating he worked in Chicago as a harpist a
