Hair Cast Audience Interaction — Page 4

Excuse me for not wanting perfect strangers in my face jumping and sweating all over me. I'm perfectly loose, but that is NOT cool. There are places (the subway at rush hour) where you just know you will be in close contact but that is a result of the situation. NOT the result of someone deciding they're going to get in your face. Yes, I did know there was interaction, but I had not heard that they went all the way to the back of the mezzanine. Silly me, I assumed they would stay in the orchestra and the boxes and not waste time going all the way up the stairs to the back of the rear mezz. And as I stated, I did not even want to go ~ the person who bought the tickets mixed up the list of things I WANTED to see with things I DID NOT want to see and I was stuck. I've never liked the music period, I like my musicals to have a semblance of a plot, I like to be able to understand the words, and I like to be left alone if they're going to insist on removing the (edit for OOPS!!) fourth wall.

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Updated On: 6/12/09 at 10:29 AM

I won the lotto last Friday and was in the front row of the Right Box. Let me tell you, there was plenty of interaction. At some point or another every one of the leads (and numerous Tribe members) were in our face, on our laps, singing to us, playing with out hair (and encouraging us to play with theirs). There is no 4th fall with this production. It was even better now then it was in the park! I loved every minute of it!

Sorry...I meant 4th. LOL. The kids are driving me batty today, so I have been LIVING for lunch and prep.

It's probably less than in other areas, but they do still come back there. If you can get in the middle of the section (both middle ways) you're probably less likely to be accosted.

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I thought it was pretty funny the second time I went, Will's "mother" really didn't want to get up or anything, so Will finally said: "Mom, if you didn't want this much attention, you shouldn't have sat in the front row!" My sister would react the same way, and I wish she got more interaction so I could laugh at her.

Now, see, had my friend gotten tickets for the front orchestra, I WOULD have told him to find someone else to see it with, because I'd EXPECT it there.

Granted, I'm also good at being able to read body language and if someone looks like they don't want to be approached, I DO NOT APPROACH. To flat out ignore clear "leave me alone" signals is rude and borders on harassment if kept up long enough.

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"Granted, I'm also good at being able to read body language and if someone looks like they don't want to be approached, I DO NOT APPROACH. To flat out ignore clear "leave me alone" signals is rude and borders on harassment if kept up long enough."

But you do have to remember this is a show with specific direction and choreography -- like in Will's opening, whoever's in one seat holds the pants, whoever's in another seat he asks for change, no matter who is sitting there or their reaction.

My guess is the same can be true for a lot of the "interaction" during the show. There are certain seats that Will & Gavin dance on, all regardless of whether people in those seats want their hands on their shoulders or not. I'm sure there's lots of spots the actors hit, and in their minds they could be thinking...hit that spot, play with the person's hair in D26, then head upstairs...but like Betty said, most interactions are fleeting, and what I do think they do is they don't stay too long with someone who doesn't seem to want the interaction...they'll give a quick flick of the hair, then they'll get to me, and I'm loving it, so they play with my hair for a good 15 seconds or so.

If they can help it, I'm sure they'd much rather go to audience members who would like the interaction, give them something more to play off of, stay more in the character and the groove of things.

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Thanks jordangirl. Unfortunately, the only seat left at that price on telecharge for the date I could go was S 2 on the aisle. Ah well. I will deal with the interaction, I guess.

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does anybody know what seat will swenson hands his pants to in the beginning of the show? is it the same seat every night?

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thanks. i was one row off. got aisle seats in row b for the end of august.

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Gosh jordangirl, I think you're being a little overly harsh and uptight. The audience interaction is not intended to piss of audience members, it is there to help the audience feel apart of what's going on, thus making Hair's powerful message even more powerful than it already is. It just sounds like your mentality towards their no-harm-intended audience interaction is very negative and almost aggressive. I guess that's the 'punishment' for giving a friend an unneeded list of shows you DON'T wanna see rather than sticking to just one list (a more POSITIVE list of shows you are interested in seeing).

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I went to the matinee yesterday. I was on the aisle, so cast members came by me many times, but the only interaction I got was being handed a Be-In flyer.

tatter, you've got a great seat! I think Will spends a good amount of time on that side, if I remember correctly. I was on the aisle near the front on the other side - got tons of interaction! Winked at, smiled at, my sunglasses were played with, got a be-in flyer, and Darius kissed me on the forehead. Also, you'll be in primo position to get up and dance on stage at the end! :)

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Also, whether or not you knew there would be cast interaction in the rear mezzanine, if you didn't want to see it at all, couldn't you have brought it up to your friend, sold the tickets and see something else? I am sure someone who lost the lotto would snatch up your seats at a fair price.

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I'M SOOOO EXCITED!!!! I purposely bought aisle seats...I'm sitting in row T, so it's a bit far back, but hopefully I'll get some major interaction from Gavin and Will...and the rest of the cast!!! I know that when it's time, I'm running my ass up on stage to dance with them all!!! I just wish Gavin and Caissie actually danced wtih the audience instead of dancing up on those platforms....I can't wait to meet them at the stage door either!!!! I've been waiting to see HAIR since I was 10 years old!!!