Following in the grand tradition of "Roller Coaster Rapid Transit" and "Advice to Mayor Bloomberg in Case of Transit Strike", I give you a proposal for an all day performance of Hair on the NYC subway.
Initial plans involve taking the C from Washington Heights to West 4th, changing to the F, heading to Coney Island with a nude scene finale there. I recognize that the nude scene should technically be at the end of Act I and take place in Washington Square but I'm not getting off the subway and frankly, I don't think this needs to be all formal.We will skip around and improvise when needed.
We are hopeful to get a mic and amp from some guy in Washington Heights but he might possibly go nuts. I think if we give him the role of Hud though, he might be happy. I mean, we would pluck him from his obscure street performance and make him a STAR!
So we will kick off the day with a platform performance of Aquarius on the platform in Washington Heights.
Of course, everyone must be wondering when we perform Black Boys and White Boys. I think it's fairly obvious. PugMom and I will have to perform Black Boys immediately following Aquarius and before I'm Black. We will hold off on having our friend ComicChick do White Boys between Jay Street/Borough Hall and Windsor Terrace.
I'm Black/Colored Spade will hopefully be performed by the street performer dude. If we get in some sort of altercation with him, we will just find someone else.
Naturally, the entire Central Park Acid Scene with LBJ and Electric Blues will be performed from 96th to Columbus Circle, give or take.
Good Morning Starshine and Let The Sunshine In will be joyously performed with anyone who wants to join in - between Columbus Circle and Penn Station.
We need to cast someone to perform Sodomy (my iPod calls it S******) between 34th and 14th. Anyone interested? MM, I am looking at you, even though it is a traditionally male role.
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Initially, I assumed my kids wouldn't be involved but since we have a current long hair issue with The Boy, I think he should proudly be involved. Before my mother comes in again and "helps" by giving him a Friar Tuck look. So I think when we change at W 4th, ChowderBoy (and assorted other results of the post-Loving v. Virginia celebration of miscegenation) will have to perform Hair on the platform. I suggest this is a great meeting spot for anyone who wants to join the F line leg of the performance.
This will immediately be followed by ChowderGirl singing "My Conviction" and wearing her square gear.
Ain't Got No and I Got Life should be performed on the F line before Jay Street. I was hoping to recruit "The Atomic Bomb of Coolness" troupe for this.
Boring songs like Easy to Be Hard and Frank Mills will be performed on that long boring stretch on the way out to Coney Island.
It all ends with the Be-In at Coney Island. As in the staged version, nudity optional.
Who's with me?
Can we just be nude for the whole thing if we want?
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA
ReplyDeleteI knew you would like it. I think we may have to wait til the spring though. So the all lesbian scene can be well rehearsed.
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