Hair Reviews — Page 7

Thanks SNAFU! That's probably the same scene. It has been staged in a variety of ways, but only a couple of cast recordings have ever included the music, which I love.

One particular production I saw (some others around here may have seen it as well) staged the scene with a few people coming out at a time representing different eras in war history. The monks get killed by the nuns who get killed by the WWI guys who get killed by the WWII guys, etc. with bodies piling up ending with a soldier "pushing the button" accompanied by a blinding flash of light. Then they performed the same choreography backwards in reverse order from the end to the beginning. They then repeated the entire sequence two more times getting faster each time. It was brilliant.

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Oh no. Not another show with the actors wearing those hideous customer-service-rep headset microphones. Isn't it bad enough that shows are heavily miked, we're now expected to suspend disbelief while watching actors wearing the gears and pulleys in plain view. It's the worst thing to happen in the theater since the sung-through musical.

What're you talking about, buddy? No actor wears headsets in ANY show on Broadway.

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They are not the customer service type of headsets. They are about as UNobtrusive as they could be. If THAT bothers you....you have a pretty low tolerance. You only see them up close and/or if you are looking for them.

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Wow, your intolerant. The reason they probably used those as opposed to the ones that go over there head and rest on their forehead is because they are shaking their heads a lot and it could come off. Just deal with it, jeez.

I think they use them because seeing theater has become like watching TV, at $120 a ticket. We can hear actors whisper. They can turn their backs to the audience and whisper and we hear every word. To me, it's an inauthentic theatrical experience. No offense to anyone who feels differently about it.

I find the small head mics a lot less objectionable to the hand held versions we saw in Spring Awakening. I know it was a creative choice but those bothered the crap out of me.

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