Feb. 28, 2012 - Maurice Gibb Wins A Stage Role - But Loses His Beard: It s one thing getting the chance to star in a new musical, but for 20-years old Maurice Gibb, husband of pop star Lulu - it means a drastic haircut and his beard has got to go. So Maurice decided that if anyone was going to shave off his beard - a painful operation at the best of times - it would be his wife. Lulu is as much attached to my beard as I am, so it is a lose for both of us, says Maurice. I didn t want to go to the barber s shop, so I asked Lu to volunteer for the job. Then, as soon as I can, I will re-grow it . Maurice, already internationally famous as founder-member of the Bee Gees, is making his stage debut as an actor in Sing a Rude Song , which opens at the Greenwich Theatre on February 17th. 1970. It is a musical biography of music ball star Marie Lloyd, with Barbara Windsor playing Miss PUBLICATIONxINxGERxONLY - ZUMAk09