Thanks to all of those who have ventured out, thus far, to see HAIR.  It has been sold out every night.  Yeah!

ANOTHER GREAT HAIR REVIEW!

HAIR – The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

By MICHAEL W. FREEMAN
THE REPORTER EDITOR
..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />SANFORD -- The first time I saw the rock musical "Hair" was in Boston in the mid-1990s. I remember thinking it was a great show, and was genuinely surprised when the critic from The Boston Globe trashed it, saying it was glossy and well produced, but in the end amounted to a hopelessly dated nostalgia piece with no obvious relevance to modern audiences.

Once again, I have had the honor and privilege of working with my dear friend and colleague, Mr. John DiDonna. 

Tod, I enjoyed working with you, too, even tho we were almost never in the building at the same time.  :)  The students seemed to learn the songs so quickly and they sound great!

And last, but not least, congrats to the beautiful and talented cast!  Hard work pays off!!!

Below are the fruits of our labor:

November 16th, 2008 by Carl-Gauze

Hair, The Musical
Book and Lyric by James Rado and Gerome Ragni
Music by Galt MacDermot
Directed by John DiDonna
Starring Corey Volence and Nathan Bartman
Seminole Community College, Lake Mary, FL

"Hair" is exactly what the 60's were like, if you ignore the bad drugs,
social diseases, and general lack of personal hygiene. A tribe of the
young and restless flock to Greenwich Village and orbit around the magnetic
Berger (Volence). They reject the bourgeoisie capitalist values of their parents,
unless they need a few bucks to get a joint or some hummus. As with most
non-conformists, they dress and act pretty similar, and as the show begins
they emphasis their hip social conscience by rattling off their favorite
drugs ("Hashish" sung by the Ensemble), sex positions ("Sodomy" sung by
Woof / Fredy Ruiz) and pollutants ("Air" sung by Jeanie / Chelsea Adams) We
meet little lost Claude (Bartman) who pretends he's British ("Manchester,
England") but really snuck out of mom's place in Flushing. He agonizes
over burning his draft card - he prefers not to be shot, but he's not really a
revolutionary and just wants to party. If he stayed in High School he'd
still have his deferment, but now that's too late. A farewell joint from
Berger leads to a long hallucinatory sequence about war and patriotism.
Claude makes a tough call; his other option is hanging with Berger and his
friends and living under a bridge.

"Hair" is possibly the best show I've seen at SCC. Director DiDonna pushes
the cast out into the audience and uses the theater's 70's vintage brick
work and staircases to great effect. The nudity of the original gets
pulled under the community standards requirement, but Volence runs around for
most of the first act in a fringed leather jock strap showing his commitment to
natural hair. With a cast of thirty on stage, not everyone gets a Big
Number, but Michelle Rogers "Good Moring Starshine", Michael Sapp's
"Colored Spade", and Jolie Hart's "Frank Mills" were standouts, and of course the ensemble keynote "Hair" shook the house. Acting was excellent all around,
and Chelsea Adams as Claude's pregnant semi girlfriend made Bateman's role
snap to attention.

Backing up the acting was a live band of suitably hairy musicians and
technicians. The tie-dyed stage tilted forward to showcase Casey Saxon's
choreography. Tod Kimbro provided vocal coaching, and there were genuine
Floaty Special Effects on a back stage screen. The same screen opened the
show by counting us back 40 year with a series of still ranging from Obama
to Princess Di to Nixon, then brought us back to today with a reverse
sequence. With an audience full of aging hippies and a crowd of youngsters
who don't see why telephones have to have wires, this really was a Be-In
of Peace, Love and Understanding. The Age of Aquarius didn't work out the
first time, but tonight it seemed almost possible it COULD happen.

For more information on the Seminole Community College Theater program,
please visit http://www.scc-fl.edu/arts/theatre/

One more weekend left:

Nov. 21-23, Seminole Community College Theater

A quick update about CineDance involvement in the 2009 Fringe Festival!...we have chosen to take a break from the Fringe Festival this year. 

We have enjoyed great successes and have loved every moment of our Fringe experiences.  It has just been such a whirlwind since our company was founded 3 short years ago.   

When I shared our decision not to apply for the Fringe Festival this year with Beth Marshall, Orlando International Fringe Festival Producer, she was so supportive and understanding. 

Beth - a great big thank you for just being you!  Mad love and respect. 

Best of luck in the lottery next week to all of those who did apply!  :)

CineDance looks forward to pursuing other exciting endeavors in the Spring and to returning in full force to the Fringe Festival in 2010.

"It's 1968, dearies"

Come check out SCC's production of...

HAIR-The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical!

Directed by John Didonna

Choreographed by Casey Saxon

Music Directed by Tod Kimbro

Starring Corey Volence, Nate Bartman, Michelle Rodgers and the SCC Players

Seminole Community College Theatre

Nov. 14-16 & Nov. 21-23