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Hair

Hair. Presented By: Alesa McGregor. The Musical. 1967/68- On the Stage. 1979- On the Screen. The Musical. 1967/68- On the Stage. 1979- On the Screen. Director: Milos Forman Choreography: Twyla Tharp Primary Film Locations: Central Park & Washington Square Park Golden Globe Nominations

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Hair

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  1. Hair Presented By: Alesa McGregor

  2. The Musical 1967/68- On the Stage 1979- On the Screen

  3. The Musical 1967/68- On the Stage 1979- On the Screen Director: Milos Forman Choreography: Twyla Tharp Primary Film Locations: Central Park & Washington Square Park Golden Globe Nominations Generally positive reviews • Book & lyrics: James Rado and Gerome Ragni • Music: Galt MacDermot • Premiere: Shakespeare Public Theatre in 1967 (NYC) • Broadway Premiere: April 29, 1968-July 1, 1972 • Multiple Tony nominations (2009 win- musical revival)

  4. Historical Context Vietnam War

  5. Historical Context 1967/68- On the Stage 1979- On the Screen 1972: Watergate Scandal 1972-73: End of the U.S. Military Draft 1974: Nixon resignation • Vietnam War: 1954-1975 • 1967: Loving v. Virginia, Summer of Love, Human Be-In • 1968: assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr (4.4) & Robert Kennedy (6.6) • 1968: Paris student riots (May) • 1969: Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Riots

  6. Original (pre-Broadway) version Adaptation • Much more “far out” including a space alien as Claude • Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee • Many negative reviews

  7. Broadway Version Adaptation • Addition of 13 songs • Claude as human • Positive reviews & a four-year run • International tours • Introduction of nudity • Audience “Be-In”

  8. Broadway Version Adaptation • The Tribe • Claude (leader) • Sheila (NYU student-activist) • Berger (free-spirit) • Draft-dodging • Free-love, nudity as protest • Unseen death of Claude

  9. Film Version Adaptation • Elimination of 11 songs • Change in character background: Claude & Sheila • Alternate ending • Nudity: swimming, joking • More specific, linear plot-structure

  10. Performance as Protest: Stage vs. Screen Stage Screen So HOW are these methods incorporated on the screen? Realistic setting (the script is “opened up”) Change in primary character Recreation of a time in history Religious allusion Be-In? • Non-linear plot • Evolving, improvisation-based script • Multi-point staging focus • Abstract Setting • Involvement of the audience (Be-In) • Addressing current events

  11. Let the Sun Shine In!

  12. Video Clips • 1969: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxSGikrhrnI • 1969 (1:30 secs): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGx7IBn7HCM • 2009 revival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPLg5gA-9ck

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