[Mb-hair] HAiR In Bridgeport

[Michael Butler]

Debbie,
I agree the nude was too dark. In fact my strongest critique about the show
is the lighting. That was hurt by its darkness made a negative feeling.
The reverse was the concert version at Reprise in Los Angeles a couple of
years ago. There the lighting so strong, the length and promenading would
have been embarrassing in Las Vegas.
Michael

> Hello Tribe,
> 
> Wanted to exclaim about Saturday in Bridgeport -  the show was really
> good - hadn't seen it since i did it - '70 - '71, but seeing it with
> people i did it with & MB was equally the big buzz for me!!
> 
> We're watching the show & Robert  whispers "hey, remember how dirty
> the stage was by the second act? "  Oh, and the whole tribe was
> onstage for the flag song & I'm like " I don't remember that - wasn't
> it only Woof, Berger & third guy?"  -  it was great!  I got the same
> adrenaline high seeing it as i got from doing it.
> 
> Great to meet Nina & her family, and see Bill S, Robert , Charles P &
> MB of course - wow!
> And the nude scene - I was wondering - was it always that dark when
> we did it?  it felt much brighter onstage to me than what I saw on
> Saturday - gee, I would have been a little less self- conscious if I
> knew it was that dark!  Also, I can't tell if 30 years later it's
> just not that big a deal or .. it always felt like a big deal when we
> did it & the audience responded with this incredible intense
> stillness,  like they didn't  even move till way after the singing
> was done and we were gone - which I didn't sense seeing it Saturday.
> It's probably just the passage of time, alot of nakedness over the
> dam...
> 
> Anyway, funny note - I had never seen a naked man until I did the
> nude scene ( swear to God,  I'm not lying - Catholic school, dad was
> a cop., barely 16.....)  pretty funny?
> 
> Someone mentioned Stanley Ramsey - he was my first HUD !!- we were
> cast in Detroit - I loved that guy & miss him.
> HAiR without nude scene like non - alcoholic champagne? too funny...
> 
> Bill, Robert, Nina - maybe MB  and more tribe - we're doing it again!!
> 
> Peace & Love to you all,
> Debbie Andrews
> 
> 
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