"Hair"
"Hair"
#5re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/19/05 at 7:52pmyou work at HMV??? you should stay late one night and separate all the cast recordings from the soundtracks and make a sperate section for Broadway musicals...
#6re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/19/05 at 8:55pm
Hair doesn't actually have much of a plot. There is a group of friends ("The Tribe") who have dropped out of school and are running around New York getting naked, having sex with each other, burning their draft cards, and doing drugs. There is a small plot thread about Claude, who has been drafted, and the conflicts he faces as he prepares to leave for Vietnam.
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Updated On: 6/19/05 at 08:55 PM
#7re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/19/05 at 9:46pm
I'm musical directing the show in the fall. Should be fun.
~Steven
#8re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/19/05 at 9:47pmshneb, you're right. That's Norm Lewis.
teh_pretty
Featured Actor Joined: 4/2/05
#10re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/20/05 at 11:14am
The show actually had more of a plot Off Broadway. But basically in a nutshell, the story centers around a group of hippies in the East Village. Claude loves Shelia. Shelia loves Berger (Claude's Best friend). Jeannie loves Claude. And Woof loves Claude/Berger/Shelia depending on the day. Claude gets a draft notice, struggles with whether he should actually respond, goes to war and gets killed.
WickedRentHead
Stand-by Joined: 2/1/05
#11re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:36pmThe ending of the "Hair" movie (Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo) was a bit different wasn't it?
#12re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:42pmThe film of HAIR was a pretty different animal altogether, but I think they managed to take what little plot there was on Broadway and create a convincing story for film.
Avigdor
Featured Actor Joined: 3/14/05
#13re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/20/05 at 2:32pm
glad you bought it..the money goes for a good cause.
the show..tasteless, boring and the 70's version of rent
#14re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/20/05 at 3:22pmI don't find HAIR tasteless nor do I find it boring by any means. Also, RENT has very little in common with HAIR and if anything I would reword it and say that RENT is the 90's version of HAIR.
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theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#15re: 'Hair'
Posted: 6/20/05 at 3:23pmSome times tasteless makes for the best musicals!
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