Saying Goodbye to the Hair Tribe

Opening night curtain call - BroadwayWorld

What an amazing year has it been. It was last April, that this beloved Hair tribe came into the Al Hirschfeld  theater and started spreading their messages of love to mass audiences. Whether you've had the chance to see them  or not, you've heard of them. Ben Brantley from the New York Times, said in his review last year about the tribe: 

Know that you may find yourself in intimate contact with various dancing, cajoling tribe members. They may give you daisies or leaflets. They may even ask you to embrace them. Not that you haven’t already.

The thing is, we have embraced them. Even outside the show. I live thousands of miles away from NYC, but still, Hair has made an impact in my life that no other show has, and much of it has to do with the people that create and perform this message. Diane Paulus has created an thrilling piece, and with all due respect to all the other shows, it's probably one of the best on the great white way.


I'm excited for the new cast, I truly am. I'm not saying that the absence of the Original Revival Cast will lead to it's doom. That's not the point. Hair doesn't need celebrities, or names for it to succeed. My point is, that we, as an audience, have developed a special connection with the tribe. Whether it's stage door, dancing at the be-in, tweeting them (yes, you Andrew Kober!) , hearing the cast recording on loop or simply watching them on Conan O'Brian, no other cast has engrossed themselves to their fans as much as the cast of Hair does.

It's not the end of the world, I know. I'm just gonna miss them. Together they have developed a magnificent art, that I'm glad they'll be spreading overseas. But it's not gonna be the same. The new Hair cast will create the same tour de force in their own way.

So see ya starshines! You will sorely be missed.