[Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try

[richard haase]

if what the review is saying is true
jim made the wrong choices
explicating the sheilah burger claude story etc
particularly if he went gay with it
historical parallels not withstanding

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gibson Vendettuoli" <johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try


> I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed
changes. If that was what
> he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him
whether it was the
> right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre
modernization in London was
> a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what
I saw, and he told me
> it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions
now, the way he's changed
> the work.
>
> I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for
someone to lay all the cards
> on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions
in the Southern New
> England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I
want to do is HAIR.
>
> The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already
begun sending feelers to
> Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without
knowing that it's done
> right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because
I've heard complaints of
> how vague the script is.
>
> I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts,
and what the version is
> that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some
material. I am quite
> willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have
to see the material to
> do it.
>
> So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more
maturely, and with a
> clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to
make an appointment with
> you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and
I would not do any
> wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right
direction.
>
> Please help me, someone, anyone.
>
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