One of Twyla Tharp’s most widely seen works is the choreography she did for the film version of Hair in 1979. Here’s the opening number from the film, “Aquarius.” Tharp even gets the horses to dance.
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I finally saw the Hair revival tonight.
Sublime!
That’s really the only word for it.
I’ve seen the show three other times: a production done at the University of Alabama by its theatre department, the 25th anniversary tour when it stopped in Atlanta and a City Center Encores concert staging here in the city. This revival, which won [...]
The revival of Hair has been a long time coming to Broadway. In the decade we’ve lived in New York, this show has tried to come back a number of times: In 2001, City Center Encores! did the show and there was considerable talk about it going to Broadway (I saw this show and it [...]
Action = Marriage Equality: A Rally in NYC
May 17, 2009 @ 10:02 pm in LGBT Issues, Life in General, New YorkBack in November, after California voted down Prop 8, Will and I attended our first protest. We marched through the streets of the Upper West Side and supported our friends and family in California who had their rights stripped from them by a bunch of mean spirited voters.
Now the marriage fight is in our backyard. [...]
Hair begins performances tonight at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park as part of the Public Theatre’s annual Shakespeare in the Park presentations. I’m already on the “virtual” ticket line this morning for two free tickets to the show. I’ll keep getting on the virtual line every day until I get in to see the [...]
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the world premiere of Hair at New York’s Public Theater. And Geek Out is celebrating because this weekend the Public is doing special anniversary concert stagings of the musical at its theater is Central Park. (I’m sad I’m not going to one of these performances; I just can’t [...]
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