![]() ![]() To Lamon, the message of the play is "freedom and love and a celebration of life. Since its inception in 1968, the production has "evolved." As James Rado, playwright, explained to the cast, "hair grows so the play has many different versions." Today the plot line is much clearer, more has been added to the story and it is not just the vignettes and songs that it was in the beginning. ![]() ![]() is going "great and is a lot of fun." He is looking forward to its ten week stop this summer on Broadway. In a recent interview, actor Josh Lamon who plays a member of the tribe, Claude's father and Margaret Mead, said the national tour which began at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C. He must decide his own fate: does he resist the draft or serve in a war he vehemently opposes? For tickets ($17-70), call the Bushnell, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford at 86 or online at "Hair" is basically Claude's story. Performances are Tuesday-Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. Now "Hair," in its latest reincarnation after securing the 2009 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival of a Musical, is coming to the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford from Tuesday, April 26 to Sunday May 1. With a tribe of long haired hippies who were politically active, flower children living a bohemian lifestyle in New York City, they introduced Claude, his good friend Berger and roommate Shelia and a host of young students who were united in all they saw that was wrong in America: racism, environmental issues, poverty, sexism, political corruption, violence and the bonfire of Vietnam. With the help of musician Galt MacDermot, they fashioned an American Tribal Love-Rock Musical that was a vocal protest against the establishment and the Vietnam War and a plea for peace. ![]() In 1967, actors James Rado and Gerome Ragni wanted to create a happening, an experience, a be-in, for the world to feel. Bring along your beads and bell bottoms and you're ready to experience the Age of Aquarius, when Jupiter aligns with Mars, that controversial, counter-culture musical revolution known as "Hair." Toss in some sunshine, star shine, speed and a sexual revolution. Think protests, politics, patriotism, peace and popping pills. ![]()
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