Galt MacDermot, the Canadian-American composer who broke ground on Broadway with his score to the iconic musical Hair, died on December 17, just in advance of his 90th birthday, according to The New York Times. Born in Montreal on December 18, 1928, MacDermot made his Broadway debut writing the music to Hair (1968), which began at off-Broadway's Public Theater a year earlier. MacDermot also …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM on December 19, 2018