Hair The Musical

Nina Simone sings “Aint Got No, I Got Life” from the musical Hair

y’all get ready for some straight FACTS

• it follows a tribe of young hippies in the Vietnam war, putting on a show for the audience. slowly, things start to interrupt the performance, such as one of the members getting drafted into the Vietnam war, branching off into its own beautiful story.

• the 2009 revival featured amazing actors such as Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy, Will Swenson, and more

• most of the characters have very fluid and unlabeled sexualities. the whole show consists of the whole hippie tribe basically just making out with each other.

• seriously it’s wild

• the character Berger has a line in his introduction— “is it a boy or a girl?” (referring to himself) this has lead to several productions of Hair where Berger is non-binary!

• the characters omg—

• THE THEMES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND US TODAY

• especially now, I’ve found it’s so easy to see yourself in the characters and how they stand up each day and face the world

• THE MUSIC OHHHHH MY GOD

• Aquarius? a jam. Donna? that shit slaps. I Got Life? a fat bop. Where Do I Go? I’m crying Walking in Space? my wig is in orbit. Three Five Zero Zero? drag me to timbuktu and back.

• The Flesh Failures / Let the Sunshine In has to be one of THE most chilling songs in theatre history

• there is so much audience interaction