BROADWAY BARE OF CURLY HAIR?
BROADWAY BARE OF CURLY HAIR?
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#0BROADWAY BARE OF CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 10:13am
[Late-breaking news--the Broadway stage is suffering a sudden shortage in the Curly Hair Category! How can such a travesty be allowed to exist?]
Much has been made of men on Broadway who have curly hair. But do you really think it is a requirement for success? Does it do anything for them? Can you think of any men on Broadway with straight hair who have demonstrated artistic excellence? And any that have achieved acclaim despite their curly hair?
Do any roles or casting agents specifically require curly hair?
Updated On: 12/5/05 at 10:13 AM
whatyouown223
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/4/05
#1re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 10:24amCheyenne Jackson? Norbert Leo Butz, David Ayers...Michael Cerveris has NO hair.
#2re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 10:25am
Anthony Rapp
Norbert Leo Butz
Cheyenne Jackson
1. Ted Allen: Everyone has an interesting life if you ask the right questions.
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
2. Great buckets of Spoffnor, they're going to sing!
3. "I love shrubs that are historical." -Johnny and The Sprites
4. "We're not singing it to you, we're singing it for us." -Rosario Dawson, about La Vie Boheme
5. "The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours." -The History Boys
6. "Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on." -The History Boys
#3re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 10:28ammarc kudisch
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
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nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#4re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 10:32am
Seriously, do you think curly hair helps Broadway men to do anything, like spot their turns when they dance?
Is curly hair USEFUL in any way on the stage?
Updated On: 9/11/05 at 10:32 AM
#5re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 12:44pm
i don't really get it.
i don't think a guy's hairstyle determines their sucess...
a lot of them wear hair pieces of wigs anyway...
#6re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 12:45pmYes. Broadway men NEED curly hair. In fact, EVERY Broadway performer needs curly hair. Forget talent. If you have curly hair, you will succeed on Broadway. If you don't, forget it. They don't even want to see you.
#7re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 12:49pmYay, I can make it on Broadway despite the fact that I can't sing or dance! Hehe.
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Leading Actor Joined: 2/22/05
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#9re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 1:15pm
I probably shouldn't tell you all this, but eventually all men will be required to have curly hair. In what you will someday refer to as the Ogilvie© Overthrow, makers of home permanents will be rounding up all men who do not have naturally curly hair and forcing their once naturally straight tresses to undergo the harsh process of breaking down the ionic bond of the hair shaft.
The conspiracy reaches farther than most of you think. Think The Tony Awards are really named after Antoinette Perry? Think again, my trusting friends. The makers of Toni Home PermTM are the real benefactors of those awards for excellence on Broadway. They use a "Y" instead of an "I" to throw everyone off their track.
And now nomdeplume is on to them. Be careful, comrade. You don't want to mess with Toni. They've got real curl, real bounce, real swing (bomp bomp).
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
Updated On: 9/11/05 at 01:15 PM
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#10re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 3:24pm
Is there a surefire test to know whether your curly-haired Broadway man of choice has natural or chemical induced curls?
And can it be done from an orchestra seat?
HELP!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 4:34pmhehe, of course silly. If you don't have curly hair better go get a perm now or broadway will be an impossible dream. Those spirals of power will get you all you have ever dreamed of. Just remember that karma will backlash, if your hair is not truly curly someone might find out and fire you....tough luck huh?
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Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#13re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 4:36pm
Is there a surefire test to know whether your curly-haired Broadway man of choice has natural or chemical induced curls?
Along with other members of the resistance, I'm putting together a website that will expose who is natural and who paid for their curly locks. I will need help, though. Anyone wishing to join the good fight against compulsory body waves and perms should contact me.
"What can I do?" you might ask. Well, try to provide a photograph of your favorite curly headed Broadway actor doing any of the following:
* Purchasing an at-home perm, such as the aforementioned Toni and Ogilvie. Don't forget Lilt, as well.
* Living life as a curly-haired child. Or a straight-haired child. While neither makes for concrete proof, knowing what sort of hair the actor had a child will help us to determine if the current curls are due to nature or science.
Finally, this last type of photograph is so rare, it's often referred to as the holy grail of photographs in the ACP (anti-compulsory perm) circles:
*** A photograph of an actor actually wearing perm rods!
Good luck, comrade. The entire ACP movement (both of us) is counting on you.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
Updated On: 9/11/05 at 04:36 PM
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#14re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 4:45pm
Oh, dear, but Kringas--
My nephews all had straight blond hair as children.
Then suddenly in adolescence, as though they had stuck their fingers in a socket, it went curly! They were horrified and chopped it all off down to wiffles, as it was an outward sign of the SHOCK of PUBERTY!
But now, NOW when it is so useful and mandatory...
Who would believe their curls are natural having viewed their childhood photos?
We need more surefire tests of whether ringlets are true blue...
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#15re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 4:53pm
nomdeplume, the gears in your head just keep turning, don't they? We really need a man like you on our side.
Perhaps we're looking at this wrong, anyway? We keep asking, "Do Broadway Men Need Curly Hair?" I'm not saying I 100% believe this, but the real question might be, "Do Curly Haired Men Need Broadway?"
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#16re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 4:59pm
Wow...I'm female but others can attest on here that I have very curly hair, in fact in a pic w/ me and Matt Morrison our HAIR(just was informed today that I wrote hands, don't ask me how, I apologize...) looks the same, except mine's longer...so I am guaranteed a job on broadway now even though I can't really sing and am an awful dancer? OMG I'm so excited! Ohh, and my hair is quite natural...actually it was perfectly straight when I was younger, who woulda thunk it?
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Updated On: 9/17/05 at 04:59 PM
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#17re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 5:00pm
I probably shouldn't spill a secret of this magnitude on a public message board, but I know the real reason why Big - The Musical failed. It wasn't the score. It wasn't the book. It was because leading actor Daniel Jenkins has naturally curly hair, but wore a straight wig in the show!
The long arm of the Compulsory Permers knows no bounds.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#18re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 5:24pm
Kringas, my jaw just dropped down to the floor and I am still trying to pick it up.
Wore a stright wig to hide curly hair?
I am aghast!
Was it a psycho producer thing, do you know?
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#19re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 5:35pm
wickedrentq
I appreciate your sharing that your hands and those of Mr. Morrison are identical, except yours [sic] is longer, but isn't it a little off-topic?
Is that Matthew James Morrison?
Don't know him.
Do you think you and he have curly hands?
Does he have curly hair?
Updated On: 9/11/05 at 05:35 PM
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#20re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 5:50pmAll I know is what I know. The man has curly hair and he wore a straight wig in the show. The show flopped. Some may say coincidence. It's just food for thought.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#21re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 6:06pm
I thought of a test for naturally curly hair that you could do from your seat in the audience.
You'd just need long tongs and a long-handled scissors.
You hold up some of their hair with the tongs and ratch the scissors up it as though it is curling ribbon to see if it takes a really good ringlet.
If it don't, it's fake.
You'd have to wait for bows when they have to stand still.
What do you think?
#22re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 6:36pmand the funny part was, that I think the kid who played little Josh had curly hair. WTF!? Anyway... as a straight haired male, I believe that success in life in general lies on how curly your hair is. My hair is 10 inches long for a show that I'm doing, and I can't tell you the number of scoffs and cryign fits that my director goes into saying "Why can't it be curly?!"
that's a really big mic...
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#23re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 6:40pm
Good for you for resisting the urge to curl. Don't let them get you. Fight the man!
Straight (hair) power!
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#24re: DO BROADWAY MEN NEED CURLY HAIR?
Posted: 9/11/05 at 6:48pmit's hard, but I persist as one of the fighters in our minorities! *holds long flat tendrels together with all other like me!*
that's a really big mic...
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