South Florida Theatre Scene: National Tour: Hair (reviews)

The National circuit of the Broadway revival of Hair opened at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on May 31, 2011.
The Public Theater's new product of Hair is the near electric celebration on Broadway! This exuberant musical about a grouping of young Americans searching for repose and enjoy in a turbulent time has struck a resonant chord with audiences young and old.

Featuring an extraordinary range and lots of unforgettable songs including "Aquarius," "Let the Sun Shine In," "Good Morning, Starshine" and "Slow To Be Hard." Its relevance is undeniable. Its vitality is unbridled. Its accuracy is unwavering. It`s HAIR, and it's time. Diane Paulus Directed a couch that included Caren Lyn Tackett, Steel Burkhardt , Paris Remillard, Phyre Hawkins, Darius Nichols, Kacie Shiek, Cailan Rose, and Josh Lamon. Choreography by Karole Armitage.

Christine Dolen reviewed for The Miami Herald:
Now at Miami`s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and destined for the Broward Center next week, the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair serves as a boisterous, in-your-face beginning to a summer that hopefully will be filled with more serenity and passion than battle and hurricanes. As arranged by hot director Diane Paulus and choreographer Karole Armitage, Hair is close to its concept-musical roots. In other words, the evidence is more thrilling vintage concert than a spell that bothers with a solid start-to-finish story.What Hair has in abundance are infectious, well-known songs performed by a handsome cast with big voices. So what`s not to like?

Not much, unless you`re one of those interactive theater phobics who gets nervous when the fourth wall comes crashing down. That happens a lot in Hair, so if you`re in an aisle seat near the front of the orchestra section, be prepared.With conductor-keyboard player David Truskinoff and a tight, fabulous band delivering concert-level music, the strong actor-singers work their way through a score immortalized on the show`s hugely successful original-cast album.Though not for today`s actual kiddies - the project stands proud and naked at the end of the first act, much of Armitage`s choreography is baldly sexual, and there is that song titled Sodomy - Hair, for anyone else, is no mere blast from the past. It`s a blast, period.The National Tour of Hair plays at the Arsht Center through June 5th, and then moves up the route to the Broward Center on June 7, where it will run through June 19.