Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Public to stage HAIR Concert?
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#1Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/19/07 at 1:14pm
I was just reading a piece in the Times about the branding of the psychedelic aesthetic on the 40th anniversary of the "Summer of Love", and in one of the opening sentences the author mentions the Public Theater's plans to commemorate the events of 1967 with not only its "hippie-friendly" Shakespeare in the Park productions (R&J and Midsummer) but also a concert performance of Hair in September. It doesn't say more than that.
Anyone know any more about this? I hadn't heard about it before this article, and I can't find anything on the Public's site. This autumn will be 40 years since Hair opened Off-Broadway and inaugurated the Public's current location, so I'd be very excited to see this happen.
ETA: To those who want to take a look at the article, I've included the link...not sure if you need membership.
NYT "Welcome Back, Starshine" Article
#2re: Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/19/07 at 1:57pm
Please someone tell me I'm not the only one who initially read the title of this thread as something else?
Ahh, how our eyes play games with us!
-Kad
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fiyerosfirstlove
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#2re: Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/19/07 at 2:04pmI hope to GOD this happens.
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#3re: Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/19/07 at 2:05pm
Please someone tell me I'm not the only one who initially read the title of this thread as something else?
Ahh, how our eyes play games with us!
What, do you have something against Public HAIR?
#4re: Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/19/07 at 2:15pmthere is no point of doing this... the Actor's Fund Concert was top-notch... I don't see how anything can improve upon it
#5re: Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/19/07 at 2:25pm
So....we shouldn't have another concert?
Duh.
I mean, Christine is (apparently) great in Grey Gardens. Should the show shutter when she's out? Should it never be revived because one person did it well?
Will 110 never be performed again without Audra?
SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#6re: Public to stage HAIR Concert?
Posted: 5/20/07 at 1:10am
Agreed, Princeton78. And also, as much as I love the Actors' Fund concert, a concert for the 40th anniversary could have the potential to be so much truer to the original in terms of tone, orchestrations, etc. The Actors' Fund concert was too star-studded, too showy, too polished...lots of fun, but it doesn't do much to remind us why Hair is still so relevant 40 years after it opened downtown.
I've got to think that if the Public stages a concert with an anniversary in mind, they'll turn more to the original 1967-1968 productions for inspiration. And if they're also doing their free Shakespeare in the Park offerings in the mold of the Summer of Love, I'm hoping a Hair concert might also be a free (or otherwise more democratic than a big fundraiser at the New Amsterdam)...maybe even in Central Park as well, who knows. That's great for our wallets, yes, but also I think a step in the right direction in terms of making it feel "authentic".
This could really be exciting...just wish there was more info out there about it.
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