It’s remarkable just how kind time has been to Rado, Ragni and MacDermot’s Hair. Debuting in 1967 at New York’s Public Theater, it was an audience shocker with its antiwar stance and positive messages about racial integration and drug use, along with its daring onstage nudity.
The most striking aspect of seeing a production of the show today is that it hasn’t lost its anarchic edge. It’s still a vital work and, indeed, many of the societal issues it raises are still with us.
But it’s also a fun show with a lot of terrific songs, and theTRIBE’s production at the El Centro Theatre in Hollywood keeps that attitude front-and-center, with its band of peace-loving, Manhattan street-living young hippies that makes sure to include the audience in its revelries.
The cast is virtually without fault. As the main characters, Christopher Chase (who also dire...
