HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
#1HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 8:00pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raUWQ9j4Y9c&feature=related
Just found this on youtube (sorry if this has been posted before). It's a foreign production of the show and it seems MOST intriguing!!
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#2re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 8:27pm
Very beautiful! Thank you for posting!
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#3re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 8:58pmInteresting-- but about the half the time they were talking, I could not understand a WORD they were saying! Their diction is worse than Patti Lupone! They might as well have been speaking a foreign language!
#4re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:21pmWow! That looks like such a cool production!
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#5re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:22pmThey are speaking a foreign language...the production is from Amstetten in Vienna, Austria from 2007. Half the show is done in English, half in Austrian...alternating between the two. The production is quite amazing.
#6re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:23pmcrushgroove, JoeKv was joking, obviously.
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#7re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/9/09 at 10:27pmHook, line.... and sinker.
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#8re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 6:21amThat seemed incredible!!!! Thanks for posting.
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#9re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 10:06amThat actually gave me chills!! Very cool concept.
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#10re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 12:01pmI know that...I was just giving a little more info about the clip...
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#11re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 12:19pmThe cast is wonderful. That's a very interesting take.
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#12re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 2:03pm
I find it very interesting. i'm not sure on how I feel on the circus aspect, however i loved the moment with berger at the end. The whole thing is undoubtedly beautiful. And i loved the directors take on "let the sun shine in" vs. "let the sunshine in" meaning a plea of defeat vs. a joyous outburst.
Also, not to seem stupid, but the blue haired person with the wings- was that a man or a woman? i couldn't tell...
#13re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 2:29pmI think Let The Sun Shine In, in regards to the show itself, has always been a plea rather then a Joyous outburst.
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#14re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 3:56pmI think the fairy wings person was Woof. Makes sense, lol.
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"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#15re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 4:46pmThat was a really intresting video. I do like the concept however it was a little shocking at first. And yes i too believed that to be woof.
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#16re: HAIR, circus people instead of hippies, bush instead of lb johnson...
Posted: 5/10/09 at 5:03pm
"the action was set not in the traditional hippie commune, but in a circus. The tribe travels through many different cities, pulling the play from its traditional New York location. The time is the present, so Claude goes to the Middle East, and the tribe protests the 2nd President Bush instead of LBJ, while Woof harbors a crush on Justin Timberlake instead of Mick Jagger.
Despite these changes, changes in staging and NOT in story, I find the production very faithful to the spirit of the original HAIR, and I enjoyed it quite a lot."
Interesting concept yes but not one US soldier in the Middle East right now was drafted so how do they make the whole show, which is essentially centered on the draft, work? Just curious...
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