[Mb-hair] HAiR In Bridgeport

[Michael Butler]

Not as dark as this one

> wasnt the original nude scene very dark?
> no?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAiR In Bridgeport
> 
> 
>> Debbie,
>> I agree the nude was too dark. In fact my strongest critique about the
> show
>> is the lighting. That was hurt by its darkness made a negative feeling.
>> The reverse was the concert version at Reprise in Los Angeles a couple of
>> years ago. There the lighting so strong, the length and promenading would
>> have been embarrassing in Las Vegas.
>> Michael
>> 
>>> Hello Tribe,
>>> 
>>> Wanted to exclaim about Saturday in Bridgeport -  the show was really
>>> good - hadn't seen it since i did it - '70 - '71, but seeing it with
>>> people i did it with & MB was equally the big buzz for me!!
>>> 
>>> We're watching the show & Robert  whispers "hey, remember how dirty
>>> the stage was by the second act? "  Oh, and the whole tribe was
>>> onstage for the flag song & I'm like " I don't remember that - wasn't
>>> it only Woof, Berger & third guy?"  -  it was great!  I got the same
>>> adrenaline high seeing it as i got from doing it.
>>> 
>>> Great to meet Nina & her family, and see Bill S, Robert , Charles P &
>>> MB of course - wow!
>>> And the nude scene - I was wondering - was it always that dark when
>>> we did it?  it felt much brighter onstage to me than what I saw on
>>> Saturday - gee, I would have been a little less self- conscious if I
>>> knew it was that dark!  Also, I can't tell if 30 years later it's
>>> just not that big a deal or .. it always felt like a big deal when we
>>> did it & the audience responded with this incredible intense
>>> stillness,  like they didn't  even move till way after the singing
>>> was done and we were gone - which I didn't sense seeing it Saturday.
>>> It's probably just the passage of time, alot of nakedness over the
>>> dam...
>>> 
>>> Anyway, funny note - I had never seen a naked man until I did the
>>> nude scene ( swear to God,  I'm not lying - Catholic school, dad was
>>> a cop., barely 16.....)  pretty funny?
>>> 
>>> Someone mentioned Stanley Ramsey - he was my first HUD !!- we were
>>> cast in Detroit - I loved that guy & miss him.
>>> HAiR without nude scene like non - alcoholic champagne? too funny...
>>> 
>>> Bill, Robert, Nina - maybe MB  and more tribe - we're doing it again!!
>>> 
>>> Peace & Love to you all,
>>> Debbie Andrews
>>> 
>>> 
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