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Bob Abelman
Like
“Rent,” a brave alt-rock and grunge
musical that transplanted the Parisian bohemians
of Puccini's “La Boheme” to
the grime of 1989 New York and tackled the defiant aftermath of the first
wave of the AIDS crisis, “Hair” was a cultural phenomenon in its day but is now a beloved relic.
To see a full review of this show, read Bob Abelman's blog at www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/Roy Berko
See “Hair?”
Of course! The overall effect will leave you “Walking on Air,” asking
“What a Piece of Work is Man!” and cause you to exit humming, “I Believe in
Love.” Bravo!
Kerry Clawson
Theatergoers can kick back and enjoy the wild party that is "Hair" at Beck Center for the Arts, a collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University’s Music Theatre program.
Led by director Victoria Bussert, 30 vocally gifted students bring an extremely high level of youthful energy and spirit of rebellion to this 1967 rock musical, which follows the Tribe — a group of young adults who are part of the 1960s hippie counterculture protesting the Vietnam War.
To see a full review of this show, read Kerry Clawson's review here.
Mark Horning
Hair was groundbreaking in its time but over the
years it has been watered down to a sanitized version that barely resembles the
original. It is still worth coming to see for the songs and the great
performance but without the drugs, free love and nudity something is loss in
the translation. This is not your mom and dad’s version but still worth buying
a ticket.
Christine Howey
Due to a number of curious decisions by director Victoria Bussert and her team of designers, a play that should have lots of sharp edges, wild hairs and surprising turns comes off as slick and smooth as a hardboiled egg. Welcome to Nair.
Due to a number of curious decisions by director Victoria Bussert and her team of designers, a play that should have lots of sharp edges, wild hairs and surprising turns comes off as slick and smooth as a hardboiled egg. Welcome to Nair.
To see a full review of this show, read Christine Howey's blog Rave and Pan
To see a full review of this show, read Christine Howey's review at Cleveland Scene
Fifty years ago Hair shocked audiences with its brash attitudes (and nudity). With song and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot, it portrayed life lived by New York City hippies who urged the virtues of “turning on and tuning out.” It has aged moderately well, but thumbing one’s nose at authority, freely expressing sexuality, resisting is all so commonplace today that even the delightfully anachronistic slogans carried in the current Beck Center production just don’t carry the punch they did. We’re pretty hard to shock these days.
To see a full review of this show, read Laura's post at Cool Cleveland.
