HAIR

Yesterday I was as tired as I have ever been but still trekked down to San Jose to catch my friend Nicole Julien and my NDNU classmate Elana Ron in City Lights' production of Hair and I was glad I made it because it is a terrific production of this show. Kudos to my girl Nicole who sang the hell out of her part in Ain't Got No & White Boys (she was Dionne) and I have to name some others in the cast: Michelle Ianiro who sang a kick-ass rendition of Aquarius, Raime Gerardy who played Crissy and RB Embleton who was a hilarious Margaret Mead.

I was blown away by Noel Carey's performance as Berger. Noel was an understudy when I did Into The Woods at TheatreWorks but I really didn't get a chance to get to know him, and it was wonderful to see him a few years later in a role that fits him like a glove. His performance is a showstopper in itself. It was wonderful seeing my pal Raegena Raymond who staged managed the show.

The cast (mostly filled with young college students) was up to the challenging music and the finale gave me chills - I highly recommend this production of Hair - the show has just been extended to the end of the month so catch it before it closes. It is a brave, beautiful and powerful production of a musical that is very relevant to our times.