Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

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Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/9/08 at 9:37pm

Tonight's free performance of Hair in the Meatpacking District was terrific. The talented cast sang Aquarius, Black Boys, White Boys, The Flesh Failures, and Hair. Jonathan Groff sang the hell out of I Got Life. Can't wait to see the entire show at Central Park later this month.

#2

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:14pm

Going in early August..can't wait!

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#3

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:29pm

They certainly are a good looking lot.
The voices, especially the women are outstanding.
They were performong on a makeshift stage,
I hope the staging is a bit looser at the Delacourt.
I hope this becomes a hipple, free love, kind of thing in the park this Summer.
Peace Out!
Pass the doobie dude.

Updated On: 7/9/08 at 10:29 PM

#4

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/9/08 at 10:39pm

Jim3, where was the performance held?

#5

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/9/08 at 11:14pm

"Jonathan Groff sang the hell out of I Got Life. "

I don't see it. This white bread yuppie seems to be everything that "Hair" is not about.

#6

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:01am

It's called acting, Marc.

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Updated On: 7/10/08 at 12:01 AM

#7

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:11am

i was in high school when i saw that show back in 1968. no one can recreate what people were like back then. it was so different then....live and let live. but it was fun to see and i'm glad it's being brought back. peace now!

#8

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:14am

A lot of us hippies were white bread.
Yuppies were not yet invented.
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare

#9

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:20am

I have a free night in NY on Aug 22...do you know how to get tickets?

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#10

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:24am

Stay up in the park, get there at 4AM
camp out, free love, free tickets.

Updated On: 7/10/08 at 12:24 AM

#11

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 10:21am

I've never waited in line for Shakespeare in the Park tickets and I know Hair hasn't started yet, but for those of you who have done it for popular shows, how early do you think I should get there? If I go at 6 in the morning, will that be too late? Thanks.

#12

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 10:26am

Read the post above yours, dear.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#13

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:07pm

Read the post above yours, dear.

OK, but I get the impression that CurtainPullDowner wasn't saying you need to be there at 4am to secure tickets, which is what AntonEgo's question was all about--surely it won't be necessary to be on line 9 full hours ahead of time for every show. I read CPD's post more as a..."fun" suggestion, though maybe I read it wrong.

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#14

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:11pm

Ha, John Groff and meat-packing in the same sentence brings dirty things to mind...

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#15

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:26pm

Last year I got there once at 6AM and bummed out on a bad trip when I didn't get a ticket.
Be In Be In Be In Be In
Drop Out Drop Out Drop Out Drop Out

#16

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 12:59pm

Thanks, SDav 10495. Maybe I should have worded my question differently. I was wondering about the latest I could get there and still get a ticket (I know there's no way to know for sure, but it's possible to make a rough estimate based on past experiences).

#17

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 2:15pm

Was the entire cast there?

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#18

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 4:01pm

hahahah wicked_beast.
I'm sure John Groff is fantastic.
onn with the groovy revolution=D

#19

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 4:08pm

I know I'll get chastised for this, but will there be nudity in this HAIR, or no, since it is in the park?

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"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable." -F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

#20

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 4:20pm

I've read that there will be full nudity at the performances. The park is supposedly posting a warning sign at the entrance.

#21

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 10:57pm

Once you are WARNED of nudity, it is no longer needed.

"White Boys!
Black Boys!
White Boys!
Black Boys!
White Boys!
Mixed Media!"

So Obama.

#22

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 11:28pm

Tits & ass in fairly low lighting when I saw it last year.

#23

re: Hair Performance in the Meatpacking District

Posted: 7/10/08 at 11:59pm

The photos are incredible! Jonathan Groff looks like he's singing his face off. The entire talented ensemble seem to be truly loving every second of this incredible musical. I wish I wouldn't have had work, so I coulda attended in-person.

I can't wait to camp out and get those damn tickets. Bring the booze, the weed, a few magazines and call it a night/day until we get those tickets!

We should TOTALLY make an event of it. Anyone wanna join up? A group of BWW hardcore members wanting to tackle that mutha!

We starve
Look at one another
Short of breath
Walking proudly
In our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a
Dying nation

Updated On: 7/10/08 at 11:59 PM