Starshines Unite! The official HAIR love thread...- Page 68

[rwlevin]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 1:31am

"He did wear a wig. He pins his hair up into the short wig for the end. There was apparently a little wig mishap this afternoon. As he was running up, the wig got caught on the trap door and pulled back. At that point he had to yank it back on and it was not quite in place. "

Ahh, well I definitely prefer crappy wig for only 1 number over crappy wig for whole show. And don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Will jumping out in the beginning of Hair, I was just curious if he was goofing or not.

But what if I don't like Jay!Claude? Well, maybe I'll see Jay!Claude in SRO or lottery. I can't afford to buy actual tickets every day, even if they are discounted (living off student loans for the next 2 years) and SRO/lottery is cheaper than a movie when you buy soda and popcorn. And I even made a Hair buddy when I did SRO. I will say, however, you miss a lot when you're sitting in/standing behind the orchestra. I had no idea that the Be-In starts upstairs and that Claude also goes to the Be-In from upstairs.

[Leia947]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 2:57pm

Gotta love meeting HAIR buddies.... right taylor???

Am debating whether or not to go in on Sunday. I would like to see Paris of Jay as Claude, but I'd rather them with Steel. I'm just way too biased towards Gavin/Will. I can't help it.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 3:37pm

Jay will be on saturday!! GO!

[lisaatje009]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 3:38pm

Hey Starshines! Haven't posted here for a few days, so I decided to just check in and say hi. Main reason I haven't been posting is that, although I thought the discussions that were going on here recently were really interesting, I couldn't express my own opinion and feelings about it, cause my English just isn't good enough for that. But I really liked to read you're opinions and I also loved the personal stories that were posted here. Anyway, that was what I wanted to say. Ow, and I also have a small question: Does anybody know exactly what is going on with Allison Case? I heard she has some sort of injury, but I can't really figure out what it is. Do you think she'll be back in the show soon? Poor thing. Love to all the Starshines!

[kryst22]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 4:07pm

Lisa, she's suffered a hip injury. I'm not sure when exactly it happened, but she stopped appearing in the show shortly after The View performance took place. She's been getting numerous treatments for it, including physical therapy. There's no official word as to when she'll return. Most of the updates I know about come from her facebook.
Updated On: 8/13/09 at 04:07 PM

[claudioislove]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 4:24pm

Lisa- Kryst got the jyst of it. I know Alison had an MRI today and is gonna have another tomorrow, and that it hurts a lot, but that's about it.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 4:31pm

I feel for you Lisa, I speak fluent English and I struggled to get my points across.

[TheaterLover2]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 9:51pm

Saw the show last night and there were 2 male swings on - Matt (who was pictured in the playbill) and Arbender (just an insert). There was no new female swing pictured in the playbill - isn't there a new female swing too?

[RemarkableTimes]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 10:01pm

Hannah Shankman is the new female swing.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 8/13/09 at 10:24pm

I was 16 when I went to Woodstock with a carload of slightly older friends...and with my mom's blessing. That poor, poor woman...she had NO idea what she was saying yes to. To the day she died, I told her I will always be grateful to her for having allowed me to have that experience.

Anyway, I came of age right during the thick of things: Vietnam and Kent State, for instance. I can still remember what it felt like to truly believe that peace and love (and a new president) could make a better world. I'm much more cynical now, but at my core, I still hold on to hope. That era had a huge impact on the way I think, feel, have lived my life, and have raised my children, yet you wouldn't necessarily know it if you passed me on the street. I know a lot of people on whom that time left an impact.

[Leia947]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 10:10am

Good morning starshines! It's Friday! I cannot be happier for that right now LOL Hope everyone has a great start to their day!

[lisaatje009]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 4:24pm

Thanks, for the info guys! I hope she'll get better soon.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 5:19pm

Well, it's been a pretty dull day on the starshines thread today .

[Leia947]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 6:38pm

It makes me sad, Jazzy. I tried to get the ball rolling earlier, but no one wanted to talk

[claudioislove]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 6:43pm

umm trying to come up with nice things to say... I saw district 9 today, which wasn't good for giving me a happy mood.

Did anyone tweet Kober book suggestions?

[Leia947]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 6:44pm

I did! I can't wait to hear what he buys.

[singalongsong2]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 6:46pm

Me too!

[claudioislove]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 6:48pm

Haha same. I meant to tweet him "East of Eden", which I'm currently super into (hooray senior year), but my tweets are set to private, so sadly I cannot. I kinda wanna check out those authors he listed though, because I adore David Sedaris.

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 8:00pm

I've made a website with a list (incomplete) of days that understudies have gone on. Please visit it and submit cast info if it is missing. http://hairtribe.webs.com

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/14/09 at 11:51pm

Just got back from NY, my annual pilgrammage. I was lucky enought to catch Hair on Tuesday night, front row house right.
I really adored Jay in the role! His baby face and vulnerability really brought some interesting touches to Claude. He sounded amazing. And Will layed his sweaty self on top of me. (Note: NOT a complaint) My friends were jealous to say the least.

I was lucky enough to go backstage (Love to Neil!) and meet almost everyone in a more intimate setting. Jay was so sincere and Andrew was a delight as well.

My friend went back on Wednesday and saw Paris, whom she liked, just not as much as Jay. (And being from London, she hadn't seen Gavin.)

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:47am

Iflit, if I passed you on the street I bet I could guess you were at Woodstock. I understand people who were there still haven't got all the mud off them.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:49am

Me and Kober had an epic David Sedaris discussion on twitter. Love.

[sgv123]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:53am

Wickedfan-- I just submitted some info :)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:54am

I just wanted to acknowledge iflit's insightful, lovely post, since it seems to have gotten lost in the daily shuffle here. Thanks for sharing that, iflit.

[Anakela]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:06am

for that understudy website:

March 21, 2009 Jay A Johnson (u/s Claude)
April 11, 2009 Jay A Johnson (u/s Claude for Act II only)
April 16, 2009 Jay A Johnson (u/s Claude)
July 8, 2009 Jay A Johnson (u/s Claude)
August 14, 2009 Jay A. Johnson (u/s Claude), Briana Carlson-Goodman (u/s Crissy)