Upcoming: Hair by Rado, Ragni and MacDermot, Texas State University, April 20 - 29

presents

Book and Lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni, Music by Galt MacDermot

Directed by Kaitlin Hopkins, Choreographed by Tom Truss

April 20th – 21st & April 24th – 28th at 7:30 p.m., April 22nd & 29th at 2:00 p.m.

University Mainstage Theatre, 430 Moon St., San Marcos, Texas (click for map)

Tickets $12 general admission and $7 for students with a valid Texas State ID.

For reservations, call the Texas State Box Office at (512) 245-2204.

Tickets will go on sale beginning Monday April 9th at 10:00 a.m.

Box Office hours: April 9- 13, 16-19 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

April 16th – April 19th from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

April 20, 21, 24 - 27 from 10:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

April 22n & 29 from 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

April 23rd from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

April 28th from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Hair tells the story of a group of friends choosing to speak up and sing out in celebration of love, life and freedom. The first great rock musical, it has some of the most rousing and soulful songs ever written for the stage, including "Let the Sun Shine In," "Easy to be Hard," "Good Morning Starshine," "Aquarius" and the infectious title song, "Hair."

[poster design by Geoffrey Douglas and Sara Lee Cely]

Hair, CIty Theatre, August 18 - September 11

City Theatre's production of the 1968 musical Hair is easy to look at, lively, familiar and loud, all of which qualities I consider to be virtues. For someone who knew every note of the 1967 cast album but had never seen it on stage, City's Hair was like a binge on vanilla Oreos.

Jeff Hinkle, his four choreographers and that enthusiastic cast of twenty actor-singers keep the stage full and lively almost non-stop. They out-do Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey by far, a notable achievement given the relatively compact space available to them. As a theatre junkie, I'm always looking for a seat in the front row, but that evening I realized that for Hair I'd made an error of strategic positioning. Not because the performers got into our faces or pulled us up to dance at the end of the show -- that's part of the fun -- but because only from the middle of the house would one have a wide enough field of view.

The stage spectacle connected the 35 musical numbers performed by David Blackburn and the exuberant band into a coherent but thin narrative for me. And yes, it recalled for me the 1960s, when I was just about the age of the performers in front of me. I won't go into any nostalgia kick, but I will point out that things were very different. The Vietnam War was in full swing, a nine-year conflict that killed ten times as many American soldiers as have died in Iran and Afghanistan since the U.S. attack on Baghdad eight years ago. Because of the military draft, teenage men found their futures and perhaps their lives determined by the annual lottery choosing them by birthdates. The media were hovering, fascinated, over the war, over the alluring counter-culture, and over the protests.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Upcoming: Hair, City Theatre, August 18 - September 11

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City Theatre

presents the musical

Hair

Directed by Jeff Hinkle
Music Direction by David Blackburn
Stage Managed by Kati Pike

August 18 - September 11

Thursdays- Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 5:30 p.m.

City Theatre, 3823 Airport Rd (behind the Shell station)

The year is 1968. It's the age of psychotropic drugs, the age of free love, the age of rock and roll.

It is the age of the Vietnam War.

See our tribe endure the good, the bad, and the worst this tumultuous decade had to offer in City Theatre's production of the immortal rock musical extravaganza Hair. It's an Austin version of Hair, what more could you ask for?

The show runs August 18th-September 11th on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays (8:30 PM) and Sundays (5:30 PM)

Tickets are available at the door. Reservations may be made by e-mailing Info@citytheatreaustin.org​ or by calling 512-524-2870. Cash and credit cards are both accepted. Non reserved seating is limited and first come first served

IMPORTANT: This show is NOT family friendly. It contains mature content not limited to: Strong language, violence, implied drug use, explicit drug use, strong sexual imagery, thinly veiled sexual imagery, and Richard Nixon. DON'T BRING YOUR CHILDREN

See cast list at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Auditions for Hair, the musical, City Theatre, May 15 - 16

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City Theatre announces

AUDITIONS – SUMMER ROCK MUSICAL

HAIR

May 15 - 16, 2011

The City Theatre 3823 Airport Blvd. Suite D (click for map)

Sunday, May 15, 1 - 4 p.m. and Monday, May 16, 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Ten minute appointment slots. Show dates August 18 – September 11.

Needed: Bring headshot and resume. Have a one minute pop rock song prepared. Short scenes from the show will be performed. Casting all roles including ensemble.

This summer, the tribe of the Age of Aquarius will be protesting the war, freeing their love, letting their hair down, and baring it all. Hair tells the story of a group of friends choosing to speak up and sing out in celebration of love, life and freedom. The first great rock musical, it has some of the most rousing and soulful songs ever written for the stage, including "Let the Sun Shine In," "Easy to be Hard," "Good Morning Starshine," "Aquarius" and the infectious title song, "Hair." Call

512-524-2870 or info@citytheatreaustin.org for an audition time. Produced by The City Theatre Company.

If you are not able to make these audition times, please let us know.