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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">OPENING THIS FRIDAY!<br>
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Near West Theatre presents:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:40.0pt;color:#7030A0">HAIR</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">July 24—August 9, 2015</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="color:black">Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado<br>
Music by Galt MacDermot</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="color:black">Produced for the Broadway Stage by Michael Butler</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="color:black">Originally Produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black">Performances:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black">July 24, 25, 30 and 31; August 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:black">(Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m.)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Tickets can be purchased at <a href="http://www.nearwesttheatre.org">
www.nearwesttheatre.org</a>,<br>
or by calling our Box Office at 216-961-6391 from 11am-4pm M-F.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">PLEASE NOTE: Mature content. Parent/guardian discretion advised.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">“</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">HAIR <i>tells the story of the ‘tribe,’ a group of politically active, long-haired hippies
of the ‘Age of Aquarius‘ living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War.”</i> – Wikipedia</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Near West Theatre has cast an open-hearted, free-thinking and adventurous Tribe of young people for our upcoming production of <i>HAIR, The American
Tribal Love-Rock Musical!</i> Breaking all the rules back in the 60’s, <i>HAIR</i>‘s poetic, non-linear and political nature changed musical theater forever. This theatrical journey will ask all of us to question our core beliefs and assumptions… our definitions
of ourselves, America, and all we say we stand for.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>You don't want to miss this powerful, passionate production, staged in the round at Near West Theatre's new home in the Gordon Square Arts District!</b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">“It is an obscene and yet serene parade of shaggy-headed black and white people, coming, going, sometimes angry, sometimes sweet, sometimes bitterly
truthful… The flag endeared and chided. The war, ignobled and dishonored. A mockery of self… spirited people in raggedy, kooky clothes… psychedelic lighting. A love affair between the cast and the audience."</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"> –
EBONY MAGAZINE, May 1970</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Experience this summer performance in our new air-conditioned and accessible theater!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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