FRINGE REVIEW: Hair

The cast completely obliterates the fourth wall, interacting with the audience on a magic carpet ride to 1968 that will leave you with a strong urge to clap along and put flowers in your hair.

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FRINGE REVIEW: Hair

POSTED: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:30 PM

Every year, there's hundreds and hundreds of performances at the Philly Fringe and Live Arts Festival, and unless it's one of the big shows, it's sometimes hard to tell what you're going to get. Here at Critical Mass we're sending writers to as many shows as we possibly can for 75 pocket-sized reviews over the course of the fest. Check back in with us at On The Fringe every day for real talk on what these things actually are!

SHOW: HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

GROUP: eXposed Theatre Company

GENRE: Musical Theater

ATTENDED: Mon., Sept. 10, 7 p.m.

CLOSES: Sat., Sept. 16

BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: eXposed brings you the classic American tribal love-rock musical, HAIR , in an eXciting new production that pushes the boundaries of the  audience and actor relationship while eXposing the still present results  of war and back-door politics. Join the tribe this fringe and let the  sunshine in!

WE THINK: HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical relives a time of bandanas, tapestries, incense, and peppermints (just to pay tribute to the classic Summer of Love anthem by The Strawberry Alarm Clock). Complete with a live band jamming to a psychedelic soundtrack of protest and pot smoking, tripping and transcendental meditation, this musical turns on, tunes in, and drops out to the vibes of our nation’s most far-out generation — the hippies of the late 1960’s.

The story revolves around the lives of a group of hairy and high youths partaking in the counter-cultural, sexual revolution that defined their time. While most of the group buys into their drugged out and draft dodging lifestyles, one member comes to terms with reality (through an acid trip, ironically enough) and realizes he must leave the holy orgy to buckle his boot straps and ship off to ‘Nam to fight for his country. What ensues is a story emblematic of a generation who tried to let the sunshine in during one of America’s darkest hours. The cast completely obliterates the fourth wall, interacting with the audience on a magic carpet ride to 1968 that will leave you with a strong urge to clap along and put flowers in your hair.

—Max Pulcini

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