Seven, Ananda (DBM) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Sarah Azcarate (Altadena Music Theatre)
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| SIGNS: "Drop Acid Not Bombs," "Lay Don't Slay," "My Mind My Body My Freedom"... |
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| If you can see my eyes, my hair's too short |
This year's production of HAIR is roaring along above Pasadena at the Farnsworth Park Amphitheater. We are this Thursday's pre-show entertainment. So we're going to sing Eastern cosmic chants accompanied by the harmonium and sitar. Join us on stage. Dance in the aisles during and after the show. Support the arts in Lo Angeles during this time of turmoil for Hollywood actors and writers. The professionally choreographed acting and singing of this company is something to behold. This is the second year of the production, and there will be a few hundred in the audience. CONTACT JEN OR SEVEN TO PERFORM WITH US. (We are not in the play, just the pre-show entertainment who will be doing call-and-response yogic chanting).
Or sit in the audience and enjoy the play
It's the 1960s. The US War on Vietnam (with secret carpet bombing of innocent noncombatant civilians in Cambodia and Laos) rages on. But hippie peaceniks and counterculture pot smokers are not having it.
It's time to rebel, the shake off the draft and the oppression of the Establishment. It's time for youthful rebels to wear their hair however they want and be free. Live rock band musicians accompany each performance.
- TICKETS and INFO: altadenamusictheatre.com
- PHOTOS: Altadena Music Theatre (@altadenamusictheatre)
- VIDEO: Instagram photos and videos
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| It's the 60s (altadenamusicaltheatre.com) |
It's time to rebel, the shove off the oppression of Establishment standards. It's time for a Youth Rebellion with lots of hair, long beautiful hair, with live rock musicians at each performance.
Book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, and music by Galt MacDermot.
- TICKETS and INFO: altadenamusictheatre.com
- Altadena Music Theatre (@altadenamusictheatre)
- Instagram PHOTOS and videos
- Runs from Thurs. Sept. 14 to Sun. Sept. 24, 2023
The story of Hair
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| Can art and rock music change the world? |
The musical's profanity, its depiction of the use of illegal drugs, its joyful treatment of sexuality, its irreverence for the American flag, and its famous nude scene caused much controversy.
It broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of "rock musical," using a racially-integrated cast, and inviting audience members onstage for a "Be-In" finale.
Hair tells the story of the "tribe," a group of long-haired hippies who get politically active in the "Age of Aquarius," living an easy, bohemian life in NYC, fighting against U.S. government corruption and conscription in empire's latest imperial disaster against peaceful Buddhist Vietnam (while secretly also napalming and cluster bombing Buddhist Cambodia and Laos).
Claude, his good friend Berger, their hot roommate Sheila, and their friends struggle to balance youthful lives, loves, and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against war and their conservative parents and society.
Ultimately, Claude has to decide whether to resist the draft like his friends have done or go kill in Vietnam, compromising his pacifist beliefs and risking his life. More
- FREE TO RSVP with Dharma Buddhist Meditation:
- Disclosure Project
- PasaDharma
- Nature Center
HAIR is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark, LLC (concordtheatricals.com). Join us in support of the arts with all local acting and musical talent.
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