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1968 (Forty years later...)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Elle on June 21, 2008, 03:24:56 am ---You wear that, and those who don't know what it means'll be telling you you look darn good for 68 years old, snowflake.
--- End quote ---
I'll tell'em I'm actually 89, and I look even better! (I wear my number upside down so I can remind myself--)
Talk about doubletake double entendre--I have just noticed
this Al Capp cartoon caricature again--
Look, the face of that pig is the face of Al Capp himself!
Why, that dirty old man--! ::)
Ha! (Well, my right lobe is functioning, anyway--)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
On Saturday, August 16, 2008, a couple of old hippies, John and Meryl,
went to the Delacorte Theater in New York's Central Park to see the 40th Anniversary of--
Hair
(And we learned that some of the castmembers of the 1967 production were in the audience that night--very nice!
The Delacorte Theater in Central Park (from the top of Belvedere Castle)
The Delacorte Theater in Central Park (Belvedere Castle behind)
The cast of Hair at the Delacorte Theater
The Tribe
Will Swenson ("Berger") and Tribe
Will Swenson ("Berger"), Jonathan Groff ("Claude") and Tribe
Jonathan Groff ("Claude"), Darius Nichols ("Hud") and Will Swenson ("Berger")
Patina Renea Miller ("Dionne") and Tribe sing "Aquarius"
Caren Lyn Manuel ("Sheila") and Tribe sing "I Believe in Love"
Kacie Sheik ("Jeanie") and Jonathan Groff ("Claude")
Jonathan Groff ("Claude") singing the title song, "Hair"
Allison Case ("Crissy") singing "Frank Mills"
Tommar Wilson (Tribe), Will Swenson ("Berger") and Bryce Ryness ("Woof")
sing "Don't Put It Down"
Jonathan Groff ("Claude") and Brandon Pearson (Tribe)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yd3Elm-X7c[/youtube]
It was fun!
Katie77:
I have vivid memories of going to see the stage play Hair.
It was July 1970, in Sydney.
My husband and I made a last minute decison to go go and see it and got to the theatre only ten minutes before show time. Hubby said he would go and park the car, while I went to the ticket office to buy the tickets. As I walked up to the ticket office, I was aproached by two American Marines.....at the time, Sydney was a very popular place for American servicemen to take R&R leave from Vietnam.......they asked me if I wanted to see the show, and I said I was just about to buy tickets for me and my husband. They handed me two tickets, and said, have these.
Apparently they had bought four tickets, two for themselves and two for their dates who apparently had not turned up, which was quite sad. We ended up sitting next to them in the theatre. We were planning to ask them if they wanted to go for a drink afterwards, but unfortunately they did not return after intermission.
Whenever I hear the music of Hair, I always remember that night, and those American marines.
jstephens9:
I had to share this with someone cause it is just too funny and actually too unbelievable. The TV actually said that this song came out in 1967, but I suppose that is close enough to 1968. I was at my parents house this weekend turning through the TV channels. I was going through the music stations and came across one that said Oldies or something like that. They were playing "Light My Fire" by The Doors. My father was doing something and remarked that that was "really some music." I said yeah that is a classic song. He said, "It sure doesn't sound like anything classical to me." I said, "It's not classical, it is a classic song." He said, "Well it sure is lousy music if that is what they want to call it." I said, "Well it is not considered lousy music, have you never heard that song before?" He said, "No, the music they put out anymore doesn't sound like music to me." I said, "Look at the date, that song came out in 1967." Anyway, I was a little surprised that he didn't know what the song was. I think his whole life was so centered around work and making it in business that he never had any idea what was going on with anything else. Of course, he had a similar reaction once when "Ramblin' Man" by The Allman Brothers came on the radio not long ago. His comments about that were he didn't see how all this screaming these people did anymore could be considered music :laugh:
Meryl:
John, you are a true channeler of the 60's, and you're even five years younger than me! I must have slept a lot as I went through high school and college. ;)
Thanks for the great "Hair" pics, and of course for spending all day in line getting the so-called free tickets. I'm glad to see your one illicit snapshot came out, despite the usher's stern looks. ;D
I was hoarse as a hog after belting out the high part of "Let the Sun Shine" in chest voice! :P
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