"Hair" At the Hollywood Bowl — Page 3

"Those wigs? oof."

You are welcome.

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What time does the show let out? I called the bowl and they told me about 10:30 which would be 3 hours, which seems a little long

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10:30 when the show started at 8 on friday and saturday.. the last performance tonight starts at 7:30 so it'll be done at 10.

Not to re-open the topic past its shelf life, but the heroin references were accurate, period-specific and as someone pointed out, morally neutral. With a family history of drug- and addiction-related issues I'm the last person to embrace any show that provides an imprimatur for casual heroin experimentation. Yet "Hair"'s strength was always its unblinking honesty: it didn't present Hollywood hippies, but authentic counterculture realities, warts and all. If heroin was part of that scene (and as a boomer I know it was), I say, keep it intact. This new attempt to rewrite the era through rose-colored progressive lenses is ludicrous. Drugs were ubiquitous, scary, dangerous, and devoid of parsed political implications. Heroin was a scourge before "Hair" and long after; the musical merely cataloged its very real inclusion in a long menu of mind-altering options, without judgment. Air-brushing its existence turns the 60s into the Partridge Family. I was there. That's a lie.

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Updated On: 8/3/14 at 09:41 PM

Yeah the movie takes out the world "mainline" but the most recent Broadway revival kept it in.

But I agree I don't like this sanitization. Sort of like what happened to Grease over the years...

^ Yes he does- Full frontal. He has got a VERY nice piece! Boy is packing.

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Saw the show tonight and had a lot of fun. It’s been awhile since I saw the show, so it’s hard for me to compare much to Broadway. Kristen Bell started off kinda weak, but grew as the night went on. ‘Easy to be Hard’ sounded great- cutesy but great. Benjamin Walker as Berger was good, but I just really didn’t care about him- Even in the loincloth, I didn’t care for him LOL. Hunter Parrish really struggled vocally throughout the show. But he did get better as time went on- he sounded like he may have been hoarse. Amber Riley sounded great, but her acting was a little flat for me. Sarah Hyland was good too. I struggled to understand a lot of what Mario was saying- but that could have been a mic issue. Beverly D’Angelo is who got me to see the show and she was great. She still looked beautiful under that old age look. She and Kevin Chamberlain worked really well together. Kevin was hysterical in his drag role- channeling Bert Lahr.

I thought the show was a lot of fun. The nudity was really nice. LOL. I was glad I brought my binoculars because the view I got was wonderful. Constantine Rousouli is impressive. A lot of people were pretty surprised and it was on a lot of people’s lips during intermission. I for one enjoyed it. I have no idea if anything was cut/shortened cause I don’t remember much from the Broadway production.

Stage door was not as crazy as expected. Beverly D’Angelo was the first to sign for people. It’s a shame because a lot of people did not know who she was, it was the dealers who stopped her- She then signed for other people. It’s hard for me to remember who all came out and signed, but I do remember Amber Riley, Sarah Hyland, Adam Shankman, Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin Chamberlein, Noah Platt and Benjamin Walker, Constantine Rousouli stopped and talked to me. I am pretty sure Mario also came out and signed. Hunter Parrish was the last to come out and seemed a little tipsy, but still cool. Adam Lambert and Darrin Criss both exited through the stage door- Darren ended up signing for a few people who followed him, But Adam jut waved and kept it moving.

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Updated On: 8/4/14 at 04:52 AM

I will add that the final scene was very powerful and moving- it's still on my mind.

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"it was on a lot of people’s lips during intermission."

Did that cost more?

I was far back (Section E), but could see very clearly with the Binoculars- So I can't give an accurate size, just that it was big. LOL.

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Thank You Mother. - We are talking in general terms, no graphic language or anything. Lighten up, it's all in good fun.

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Updated On: 8/4/14 at 09:03 PM

I was soo glad I actually decided to see the show- I got my ticket 2 days before. I wasn't going to, but decided to at the last minute. That Act 1 Finale was a great moment I will remember. LOL. Totally glad I was close enough to see without using the TVs, because they cut off the feed before they came from under the white cloth. So everyone that was too far away missed the scene.

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CatsNY, Hair traditionally has the ensemble enter through a white cloth for the end of Act 1.