When I first got into theatre I was fed a steady diet of Rodgers and Hammerstein: "Oklahoma!," "The King and I," "The Sound of Music," the like. So, when I first encountered "Hair" in my freshman year in college, I was shocked and equally enamored. This musical was full of life. The cultural context of the late 1960's is such a departure from 1900's Oklahoma, 1930's Austria, … [Read more...]