NEWSFLASH

HAIR, the blockbuster musical about the Hippie generation, is one musical that will be produced. The compound in which it plays will be designed to be reminiscent of two of the most celebrated American Hippie hangouts: the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco and Greenwich Village in New York. The entire compound will take on the atmosphere of these two locales, each so seamlessly created that one has the feeling of being on a film studio’s back lot. Building facades will be architecturally accurate to the time and retail stores will have signage dating from the Hippie era. Employees will dress in theme-appropriate costumes, wearing, for example, love beads and bell-bottoms, and poetry-spouting love children promoting flower power will provide ambient entertainment. In other words, patrons will step into another world for an out-of-this-world experience. HAIR readily lends itself to the proposed Festivals set-up, along with two more proprietary productions described below, and countless others already in existence.

HAIR, "The Festival"

HAIR, "The Festival" is a traveling entertainment complex that houses a variety of venues in a fully themed environment of the 60’s. Using a tented compound combined with complete re-creations of Haight-Ashbury and Greenwich Village at Hollywood back lot levels, the complex delivers top professional quality.

It’s commercial design is to give presenters & promoters a new experience to offer their patrons; sponsors a way to extend their brands; and concession operators a way to capture per capita expenditures. With this, all aspects of entertainment can be offered; theatre; music; comedy; street scenes, multimedia, spoken word and special events.

Its spiritual design is to present entertainment to the public in an exciting and meaningful way. The 60’s was the last great moment in time where we took a hard look at ourselves and asked why. HAIR, one of the most successful musicals of our time, is considered to be the single entertainment event that represented the very heart and soul of the era.

With that in mind, the creators of Hair, "The Festival" believe that the emotion and vision of the 60’s will be quite useful to us as a society as we consider the new Millennium. As Aquarius continues to rise and the information age dawns, Hair, "The Festival" is designed to remind us of where were, where we are and where we are going.

PHYSICAL COMPONENTS
MAIN THEATRE TENT: 2500 seat theatrical or concert configuration

MINI THEATRES TENTS: Various sizes to accommodate workshops, repertory level productions as well as musical acts and bands

ENVIRONMENT THEME: Greenwich Village & Haight Ashbury Re-creations. 240,000 square feet with 55,000 square feet of facade. Public assembly of up to 3,000 people per area for a total of 6,000.

STAGES: 2 stages in full view of public assembly while walking the street scenes

ACTIVITY AREAS: Various strolling performers, magicians, carnival games and special activity tents

FOOD: 2 themed restaurants spaced throughout the assembly area with both sit-down and walkup service

MERCHANDISE: Over 20 shops throughout the assembly area fully themed to the event

KIOSKS: Several free-standing merchandising and food service kiosks throughout the Festival compound

PUBLIC AREA: A fully self-contained set of systems: box office, gate controls, power generators, event medical, security, etc.

ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENTS
A WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES, THAT INCLUDES ALL FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT.

THEATRE: 9 performances per week of HAIR in the main theatre tent, as well as repertory level mini plays, musicals, dance & skits throughout the Festival compound

STREET SCENE: Re-creations of Greenwich Village & Haight Ashbury with street performers, shops and restaurants

MULTI-MEDIA: A 20 minute 1960’s experience, as well as many others in the domed experience tent.

MUSIC: Established and up-and-coming acts in the main tent, the mini theatres, the side stages and in the streets of the villages

COMEDY: Established & up and coming acts in the Main Tent, the 2 mini theatres, the 2 clubs, the village stages and in the streets of the villages.

SPOKEN WORD: Famous speech re-enactments, contemporary speakers & poets, theorists and visionists of the period in the 2 mini theatres, 2 clubs, the village stages and in the streets of the villages.

SPECIAL EVENTS: Art exhibitions, street markets, private parties, etc.

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