Starshines Unite! The official HAIR love thread... — Page 103

hey all, I'm sorry to interrupt this conversation, but I am madly searching for some pictures from Hair... I didn't know they existed until I saw some pretty graphics made from them and I was hoping you could help me find them? They are pictures of Claude in his military uniform, a picture of Claude giving Sheila the flower, and a picture of Claude putting a flower into the gun. If you could hook me up with any of these, I would appreciate it SO much. thank you <3

Not sure if it is a possibility, but maybe only one of them is going across the pond, while the other stays on B'Way. Just a thought.

On that note, I would love to catch Bryce in as Berger.

Do you have to be 21 to get in? I really wanna see that show.

I've seen hair twice already, I was referring to the show with Jackie Burns on Monday. Sorry I should have been more clear.

Is anyone watching the SAG awards? Did anyone notice Theo at the Glee table with Lea Michele?

You don't have to be 21 to get in, but you obviously will not be served alcohol. :)

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Jeannette starts today.

Recording of the dance party each night, for personal downloads and sharing on twitter/FB

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/theater/02hair.html?ref=theater

February 2, 2010
‘Hair’ Has New Way to Spread the Love

By PATRICK HEALY
That most precious of Broadway marketing tools — favorable word of mouth among theatergoers — is being transformed for the Facebook generation.

Starting Tuesday night a high-definition video camera, attached near the balcony rail at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, will capture the so-called dance parties at the end of the each performance of “Hair,” when cast members of the musical revival coax audience members onstage to rock out with them as the band plays “Let the Sunshine In.”

During four minutes of taping, set off by the press of a button in the light booth, the camera will follow a programmed sequence panning across the stage and capturing close-ups of the frolicking patrons.

About four hours after each performance the video will be available for anyone to view on hairbroadway.com. Visitors can choose any dance party to download to Facebook pages, or share with friends and others through e-mail or Twitter. Audience members can tag themselves on the videos so that friends can go to the “Hair” Web site and find the precise moment when the person appears on screen.

Oskar Eustis, the artistic director of the Public Theater, which produced “Hair” in 2008 and is one of its Broadway backers, said he believed that the videos of smiling, dancing audience members would spread quickly among friends and help widen the potential audience for the show, which won the 2009 Tony Award for best musical revival.

“My initial concern was that the video would be of lousy quality, and the eureka moment came when I saw the first test of the technology,” Mr. Eustis said. “It wasn’t just, ‘There’s a guy I know in a pink shirt.’ It really managed to convey the fun and spirit of community that people experience at ‘Hair.’ ”

Joey Parnes, the executive producer of “Hair,” said he spent weeks working with Actors’ Equity and the musicians’ union to win their approval for the repeated videotaping, which was not covered in the contracts. “The unions were great in seeing how this could help a show, which means jobs,” Mr. Parnes said.

Executives said the cost totaled in the low five figures; the videos will be free online.

Damian Bazadona, president of Situation Interactive, which handles interactive marketing for many Broadway shows and proposed the videos, said that the dance party was a rare opportunity to create buzz because few Broadway shows allow audience members onstage.

“We’ll be looking for other ways to connect theater to its audience, and get that word out to the larger public,” Mr. Bazadona said. “Since the average person has 130 friends on Facebook, I think ‘Hair’ will see huge organic growth from this.”

Theyre recording the dance parties?! Thats crazy.

The idea of recording the 'dance' party has been around for a long time. Fun that they are putting it into action!

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A video was posted on facebook with the cast talking about London....and trying to master the British accent :)

http://www.facebook.com/HairTheMusicalLondon#/video/video.php?v=1364451791278

lmw8880, lemme know how it goes! I really want to know if there's gonna be a lot of people and if the offer discounted tix afterwards like ITH does.