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

[richard haase]

go for it gibson
with your passion and intelligence im sure youll do a beautiful production\
and my guess is providence would be receptive to a production of HAIR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try


> Get it set up and I will be happy to help and so will many others.
> Michael
>
> > 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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