[NEohioPAL] Review of "Hair" at the Beck Center for the Arts
Bob Abelman
r.abelman at roadrunner.com
Sat Feb 10 11:57:35 PST 2018
‘Hair’ at Beck Center confirms the aging of Aquarius
Bob Abelman
Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal
Member, International Association of Theatre Critics
What a piece of work is “Hair,” Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot’s patchouli- and pot-scented portrait of the 1960s.
In form and moving, how out of sync it is with the youth culture, social norms and political scene of the young actors – members of the Baldwin Wallace University musical theater program – performing in the Beck Center for the Arts production.
The current production, under Victoria Bussert’s direction, valiantly attempts to give this receding ‘Hair’ a comb-over by finding parallels between the atrocities facing today’s world and the world of the ‘60s.
For more of this article, go to www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/
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