[Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try

Michael Butler michael at michaelbutler.com
Fri Mar 31 18:16:24 PST 2006


Get it set up and I will be happy to help and so will many others.
Michael

> I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed
> changes. If that was what
> he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him
> whether it was the
> right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre
> modernization in London was
> a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what I
> saw, and he told me
> it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions now,
> the way he's changed
> the work.
> 
> I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for someone to
> lay all the cards
> on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions in
> the Southern New
> England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I want
> to do is HAIR.
> 
> The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already begun
> sending feelers to
> Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without
> knowing that it's done
> right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because I've
> heard complaints of
> how vague the script is.
> 
> I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts, and
> what the version is
> that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some
> material. I am quite
> willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have to
> see the material to
> do it.
> 
> So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more
> maturely, and with a
> clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to make
> an appointment with
> you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and I
> would not do any
> wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right
> direction.
> 
> Please help me, someone, anyone.
> 
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