Seeing this news story on the Broadway revival of "HAIR" has led me to one conclusion

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I really fucking hate 60s revivalist shit.

For fucks sake, LET IT GO ALREADY. It is OVER. Do something new, something relevant for this fucked-up time. Don't keep screwing the rotting, bloated corpse of a long-gone era in order to turn a quick buck.

Everybody knows nostalgia never plays as good as the original.

:nuke:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I saw the original on Broadway in 1969.

I loved it at the time, but a re-do would seem like a quaint museum piece now.

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2. Exactly! They've updated some of the dialogue, but that's it

Even something like RENT to me seems dated nowdays. I saw the original tour of the Broadway cast 13 years ago, and even then the music seemed like something out of the late 70s, like REO Speedwagon or Styx-- not at all appropriate for GenX hepsters in New York.

I guess it just goes to show that even Broadway is desperate these days to make a buck, in these recessionary times.


I bet the original production in 1969 was pretty cool though... :D

[Zuiderelle]

3. Broadway has always been desperate to make a buck... Phantom of the Opera for example.

I mean, come ON! Over 20 years of that shit!

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4. Right on! Same goes for CATS

I mean, how many freaking cats do you need to see?

And don't get me started on Starlight Express. I saw that monstrosity in London 18 years ago. Actors dressed up in train suits on rollerskates. Yay. Andrew Lloyd Weber should be put out to see with the fucking tide.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. The 1969 production was cool, nekkid actors and all.

And I still like some of the music. But I can't see how updated dialogue would do anything for it now. Why not come up with some new stuff? -- or is that just too damn much work?

[Zuiderelle]

6. ...

At first I thought you were responding to my post about Phantom... imagine Phantom with naked actors! :rofl:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. The local theatre

produced a true to the original script version of Hair about 2 years ago where I live.
What struck me was how much stuff was going on in 1967! It almost made today seem not so bad................except I had more hope then, probably because I was a kid.
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