[Mb-hair] Visceral connections

[richard haase]

i couldnt agree more that hair is extremely relevant
i was just wondering if the people today born in 1970 and thereafter can
have that intense visceral connection with the time
that those of us who lived through it did
i cannot tell you or express in words the power
that the events of the late 1960s had on the mind of a 10 - 11 year old boy
( eg thats when adult consciousnessness forms ) particularly one with a
tendancy to flip authority the finger

lol

by the way if one does HAIR today

the lead in for colored spade should be

" GENERAL POWELL DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT SIR? "
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Visceral connections


> Richard & Martin,
>
> Capeman was a tragedy of too many cooks in the kitchen.
>
> HAIR is still very relevant. It takes little imagination for the audience
to
> plug its message into today's scene. In almost all cases the amateur
> productions have sold out out and wished for an extended run. HAIR does
not
> respond to the normal commercial production rules. That is why all the
> commercial producers have had trouble. They will continue to have a
problem.
> Current candidates will have a similar situation.
> Remember that HAIR was produced by amateurs to the Broadway scene, in
> particular myself. We sure were disliked by the establishment and those
> feelings still exist.
> Michael
>
>
> > capeman was an abortion
> > remember even with the most brilliant people
> > trying to come up with a property
> > 90% + fail
> > i am trying to package HAIR commercially
> > trying to rival the current bid on the table
> > so these contingencies of making it viable
> > are of supreme importance to me
> > also
> > to the life of the project
> > ?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Martin Eayrs" <martin at eayrs.com>
> > To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:53 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Visceral connections
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Richard
> >>
> >> I wasn't belittling the Iraq war - just saying times were different
> >> and people were being conscripted back in the 60s - 'be the first one
> >> on the block to have your boy come home in a box' is not so relevant
> >> today. Not yet.
> >>
> >> But your second point is a good one, if confused. (Not you confused,
> >> the point confusing two things). If HAiR arrives DOA it is DOA in the
> >> commercial sense. Most (all really) of my theatrical life has been in
> >> amateur theatre where making money is merely hoping to cover costs if
> >> you couldn't find a sponsor.
> >>
> >> Nothing wrong with amateur theatre (yeh, I know, 'theater' to you
> >> guys) and nothing wrong with professional theatre either (and a
> >> guy/gal has to eat) but the confusion comes in when you consider how
> >> to rate success.
> >>
> >> If success is measured in $$ signs then we're betraying values we
> >> once believed in (maybe rightly, who am I to say). But a show can be
> >> a great show and not make money. Does that make it any worse a show.
> >> The public is notoriously fickle, often intellectually challenged and
> >> mentalised by reviewers and such. Why did Paul Simon's Capeman flop ?
> >>
> >> Maybe HAiR will never have the impact it once had - maybe it won't
> >> have the long runs - but that doesn't make it any worse. Sure, people
> >> won't react viscerally to the issues - it would be odd if they did if
> >> you think about it - but it's not the fault of the musical itself or
> >> the production.
> >>
> >> The decision to stage HAiR can't be an easy one today given the cost
> >> of mounting any show - but if I had an amateur theatre group of young
> >> people wanting to stage a fun musical and learn about themselves
> >> maybe HAiR would still be a good candidate.
> >>
> >> Martin
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