[Mb-hair] Visceral connections

[richard haase]

i cry every time i see hair
where is sally eaton would love to use her for stuff etc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sherwin" <sherwin at aceross.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Visceral connections


> Dear Jonathan,
>
> I had the good fortune to be cast as Berger on the 20th Anniversary tour
out
> of NYC just before the Kuwait-Iraq War in 1989. I was blessed to meet and
> work with Robert Camuto, Sally Eaton and spend 2 weeks with Peppy Castro
who
> taught me HAiR! He new every character and every song as if he played
every
> role.
>
> As long as I live...I will never forget the tears on the faces in the
> audience when I stood over Claude's body....drumsticks crossed in the
air.
>
> I recently was invited to a production In Santa Ana and I had my chance to
> sit and cry
> from the most heart felt experience in my life. It was like seeing HAiR
for
> the first time.
>
> All of our lives will never be the same........we are a very special
chosen
> group.
>
> Michael Butler's vision coupled with Rado, Ragni and McDermott's work
> changed history and will continue to do. I am so grateful to have met
Gerome
> Ragni....he was and will always be Berger:)
>
> Not to pass this on to generations would be a loss for mankind.
>
> One wish I have before I die is to play Berger again. I understand him
more
> today and I understand the meaning of A HAiR more today than ever before.
>
> Nice to meet you:)
>
> Sherwin Ross
>
> PS...Michael Butler if no one told you I love you today, well "I love You"
> and Thank you for the gifts from your generous soul.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Zenz
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:16 PM
> To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Visceral connections
>
> I feel compelled to make an addition to this discussion.  I was born in
> 1973.
>
> I played Berger last summer at the Knightsbridge Theatre in LA.  I was not
> the "typical" Berger by any stretch of the imagination - I am no Ragni or
> Williams.  What I did bring to the process was my own life experience.  I
> don't claim to have a clear connection to what was happening in this
country
> in the late 60's but I know how I feel about what is happening now and
that
> knowledge and experience informed my work in the show.
>
> I think that part of the power HAiR is that, although specific to a time
and
> place in the narrative, the themes are universal.  That is why the piece
can
> still effect audiences.  I would like to think that my work helped to make
> the audiences that came to watch think about the relevance HAiR has to our
> world today.  Those of you who saw the production would be able to speak
> more accurately as to the experience from the audiences viewpoint.
>
> I certainly feel a visceral connection with the work.  It is a show that
> will inform my life forever - I will never be the same having had the
> experience of creating and living with my Tribe.  I keep a placard on my
> desk at my corporate 9 to 5 job that reminds me of the importance of the
> experience.... it reads "Life is around you and in you.  Let the Sunshine
> In"
>
> Peace,
> Jonathan Zenz
>
>
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