Stephen
Hues 'The American Tribal
Love Rock Musical, Hair', Reviews
"... really perfect timing is displayed by the brilliant,
immaculately prepared members of the
ensemble cast, who never sing an off
note or set a foot wrong throughout
a show that contains 46 musical
numbers.
Under the sure hand of musical director Steve Hunter, the score
sounds consistently exhilarating.
Meanwhile, the engaging, high-speed
choreography of Stephen Hues brings
cheers from the audience. (Hues and
Prior previously collaborated on the
multimedia show Ramayana 2K).
And just when you think you've seen
and heard it all, there comes the
finale, "Let the Sunshine
In," which builds from a bitter
lament into an anthem of hope."
Theater
Mania, by Richard Costello
"...Hair grabs you by way of its uncompromising stance against war,
racism and bigotry. like the bad
acid trip that frames the mise en
scenes, the play takes you on a
little musical voyage in cultural
studies by way of a minstel show
that describes Claude's (Jamie
McKnight) final descent into hell
and his death in Vietnam inexorably
leading toward the show's final
laudation of life in a better world
than this embodied in the anthemic Let
the Sunshine In. If, by this
time, you remain unmoved by this
production, I suggest that your
heart is a lump of coal and that
your soul is dead, dead, dead."
Aisle
Say Toronto, Robin Breon
"The CanStage production of HAIR is like a psychedelic trip of which
there's no coming down. It has all
the right moves and attitude blowing
through 48 musical numbers to relive
the revolution." Toronto
Stage.com
"You'll want to groove right along with the chracters from HAIR."
Toronto
Getaway
"HAIR showed me sexually suggestive acrobatics and perfectly timed
dance"
Shane
Gleason, The Cauldron Theater Critic
"...the choreography is entertaining, and the tribal energy is
seductive. Director Robet Prior and
choreographer Stephen Hues
understand they are dealing with a
period piece and go for the max in
Sixties' sensibilities." Paula
Citron on the Arts, Classical 96.3