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“ENTERTAINING…VIRTUAL COUNTERCULTURE REVUE…SIZZLING…GENUINE†- VARIETY
AGE OF AQUARIUS HAS ELECTRIC RETURN:
RAW AUTHENTICITY TURNS THE MET REVIVAL OF THE ROCK MUSICAL "HAIR" INTO A RAMBUNCTIOUS HAPPENING. - LA TIMES
“A SPIRITUAL TAKE THAT GIVES THE MATERIAL AN UNEXPECTED TIMELESSNESS…PLEASINGLY DANGEROUS†– LA WEEKLY
“EXCELLENT REVIVAL DIRECTED WITH VERVE AND IMAGINATION…ENERGETIC AND TALENTED (AND MOSTLY _BARE-FOOTED) YOUNG CAST …WELL WORTH SEEING†– LA STAGE SCENE
"Hair" (1968) made Broadway history as the first rock
musical, initially running over 4 years with a slew of
chart-topping hit
songs including "The Age of Aquarius","Let the Sun
Shine In", "Good
Morning, Starshine", "Easy To Be Hard", and "Hair."
Thirty-nine years
after its Broadway debut, original Broadway producer
Michael Butler is
back to produce it at the MET Theatre in Hollywood.
The show explored the world of the "Flower Children"
of the
1960s, their joy in life and loving, their irreverent
attitude towards
society, and their resistance to a war overseas in
which U.S.
participation may have been unnecessary (sound
familiar?), and in
particular, their resistance to the wartime draft.
Bo Crowell directs and Christian Nesmith is musical
director. They have previously collaborated on
productions of 'Hair'
both in the U.S. and overseas, including the 30th
anniversary production
in Hollywood with Candlefish Theatre Comapny.
Crowell
recently served
several years as the technical director of the MET
Theatre, and
recently directed its workshop presentation of the
musical "The Return".
Nesmith is the son of 60s rock star Michael Nesmith
(of The Monkees).
Butler's other producing credits include "Lenny", "Reggae", and "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine".
"Hair" features an attractive young cast bedecked in
wildly
colorful 60s attire (and, in one scene, wearing
nothing at all) singing
their hearts out. It premiered after several grim
years of turmoil in
America, with a stubbornly optimistic view of the
country‚s future.
It's time for "Hair" to grow again.
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