Hair to open Summer 2010

Nothing has been said a bout this, anywhere. Where have you got this info from?
Ah, i see you use the word 'expected', does that mean that s when you think it will open?
As has been said many times in many threads on here, anyone thinking of bringing it here even with its great reception on Broadway recently will be very careful to say the least.
Again, just look at the shows record in the UK after 1974!

"The timing is perfect if there was ever going to be a revival"

How so?

That will be SOOO amazing if it really happens!

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Why bother? Diane Paulus's production is banal and incredibly safe and sterile. She treats it as a period piece with no sense of why it's relevant. Daniel Kramer's production for the Gate in 2005 was SO MUCH smarter... (For the record, I saw this production in Central Park in NY last summer and Kramer's at the Gate in 2005)

Haven't heard anything about Cameron being attached, but it is due to go on sale Feb/March time. They are in final stages of getting a venue confirmed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQnN5liEAw

I saw it mentioned on Baz Bambigoye's blog that it was expected here in the the spring, not the most credible source but it does mean its at least a rumour thats picking up momentum. Maybe there is some truth to it.

While the staging of this revival is not particularly revelatory or ground-breaking, I thought it was highly effective. My favorite production of Hair was actually in a tiny venue on a shoestring budget where the material itself was the core of the piece, but I greatly admired the Broadway revival for not being overblown or disingenuous. The actors never fell into the cloying, lazy or camp trappings often found in productions where modern performers attempt to recreate iconic period characters. I give a lot of that credit to Paulus's direction which I didn't find particularly safe or sterile. Just respectful of most of the material.

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