Does London love Hair?

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/14/10 at 9:11pm

Reviews are coming out for Hair in London and so far so good (except one negative in the mail, however he seems to always hate what the other critcs love)

Mail - Mixed to Negative
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1266021/Hair-Flower-power-free-love--heart.html

What's on Stage - Positive
http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831271245795/Hair.html

Times - Positive
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7097454.ece

Independennt - Positive
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/hair-gielgud-theatre-london-1945244.html

Telegraph - Positive
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/7590165/Hair-at-the-Gielgud-Theatre-review.html

Guardian - Positive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/apr/14/hair-musical-review

Updated On: 4/14/10 at 09:11 PM

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/14/10 at 9:14pm

Bloomberg - Mixed to Positve
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aQLsl7158xgQ

[Piper3500]

Posted: 4/14/10 at 11:14pm

Daily Mail - meh - it is a middle of the road paper. not as bad as the Mirror but not one of the top.

I think the others are more reputable. Times and Guardian especially

Good to see this and thanks for posting.

Some of these quotes from the Mail don't even make sense and some are very funny

"The American performers are good-looking and plainly love every moment of the show. "
- why do their looks matter?

"Only the most reactionary grump could fail to applaud their professionalism"
-well, that's true.

"Berger leaps into the stalls to bully the front few rows. Your critic, seated in row C, was duly terrorised. Mr Swenson jumped up on my seat, tousled my own (receding) hairline and pushed his crotch towards my face.
It smelled faintly of matron's linament and coconut butter
That didn't seem right"
- he is such a bully and lol

"When you consider that the draft-dodgers included later warmongers such as Bill Clinton and George W Bush, it doesn't do much for the brand. "
was Bill Clinton a war monger??

Updated On: 4/14/10 at 11:14 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 1:03am

Matron's linament?

Was that what I smelled in Will Swenson's crotch or is it something they only rub in their crotches in England?

Updated On: 4/15/10 at 01:03 AM

[devonian.t]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 3:17am

Absolutely- and matron always rubs it on for us.

[Janki]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 8:02am

Saw it on Wednesday and I've NEVER seen anything better in my entire life!
London has got a new hit show!!!! Fab-bloody-tastic!

[Piper3500]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 8:42am

^ glad you think so. i think it is more mixed in London.

devonian; (Devon is where i am half year, lurve it!)
that made me smile and think of Carry On Matron.

Pal Joey, i was close to it, but not that close so i wouldn't know what that all smelled like, but now i forever have a vision or a sensory perception when seeing it. I wonder if Ace Young smells like blueberry and pomegranate rub with baby oil. I may be wrong about above...what were the orignal reviews like in NYC and on the board. mixed or all positive?

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 9:49am

Maybe the reviewer just missed the smell of sweaty nut sack?

[MamasDoin'Fine]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 11:11am

Shame the box office isn't reflecting the reviews.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 11:12am

"Maybe the reviewer just missed the smell of sweaty nut sack?"

- This is one thing I did not need to read on BWW.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 11:32am

Well, I did need to read it.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 11:33am

Shall we discuss watersports next? :-p

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 3:49pm

When Will's taint was in my face I remember him smelling clean, like soap and though that was a really clean, freshly showered hippie. I appreciated the face that he showered pre-show.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 4:44pm

I remember it smelling like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. Made my mouth water!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 5:03pm

Seriously. Enough with taint. It's durf now.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 5:09pm

Stupid Mail reviewer, doesn't know what Kwell smells like.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/10 at 5:48pm

Wo Namo! Harsh my buzz, why don'tcha?

[Scripps2]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 4:58pm

"Absolutely- and matron always rubs it on for us."

Dev: don't pollute the Broadway board with the type of puerile, childish smut I splurge all over the West End board.

Besides which, you'll need a visit from Matron after I've administered your London Assurance with my Edwardian clothes brush.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 4/16/10 at 5:57pm

Which reviewer was it that complained their teeth were too nice to be hippies? The characters are American hippies, they probably went to the dentist semi-annually as children.