{"id":163,"date":"1970-10-01T21:55:08","date_gmt":"1970-10-01T21:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/?p=163"},"modified":"2019-03-02T18:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T18:49:13","slug":"hair-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 1: HAIR, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sometimes it\u2019s hard to let the sun shine in<\/h3>\n<p>What began as a 3-month visit with my friends in the La MaMa tour turned into two years.&nbsp; Originally, I\u2019d hit Amsterdam, Spoletto,&nbsp;Yugoslavia (still featuring Tito), Capri then back to Amsterdam. &nbsp;After that three months I would go home.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-163 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/arianamsterdampostcardclubbooklet\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianAmsterdamPostcardClubBooklet-209x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianAmsterdamPostcardClubBooklet-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianAmsterdamPostcardClubBooklet.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-471'>\n\t\t\t\tBooklet Michael saved from a club in Amsterdam\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It didn\u2019t end up that way. My first stop after landing in Brussels was Amsterdam to look for some friends traveling from Morocco.&nbsp;This first night I headed to the Olympic Stadium to see <em>Hair<\/em>. Every production I saw on this trip was done like the production in New York. Same everything with a lot of the text in the language of the host country ( i.e. Dutch in Holland, Spanish in Spain) so I had to guess what they were saying\u2014I knew the text I figured it out. When my friends didn\u2019t show I decided to head to Austria. I guess, I knew nothing about the geography of Western Europe. What I figured would only be a few hours was like 1,000 hours and I was totally wrung out when I got off the train at Wein Central Station.<\/p>\n<p>I had a letter of introduction from Bertrand Castelli, one of the shows\u2019 European producers, to give the casting person in Vienna but I had to find her first. <em>Hair<\/em> posters were everywhere, but not at the train station and not on this very dressed-up shopping street outside the station where people were very cold and mean to me and couldn\u2019t\/wouldn\u2019t help. I thought they were all just faking the \u201cno English\u201d line I kept hearing. Finally I see this great big man with frizzy hair dressed in black from head to toe. I stopped him to ask if he spoke English and where was <em>Hair<\/em> playing. He says he will be going near the theater and would drop me off. After a short drive, I was let out at this big sports complex and told to go through the restaurant to the patio\u2014I did so and there they were.<\/p>\n<p>I got a great greeting and introduced myself to them as I see the man in black enter the patio laughing at his joke. This was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Kern_(actor)\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open('https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Kern_(actor)'); return false;\">Peter Kern<\/a> who would play a big part in my <em>Hair<\/em> experience when I did join-up later on. I guess I\u2019d asked the right guy for directions. I found out the casting woman, Gina Harding, was in Morocco so I decided to just go on to Italy, join my friends and see what was happening there. I did see the Vienna company do three shows with Miss Donna Gaines (Summers) just tearing it up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AlkIKShOd4A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donna Summers sings \u2018White Boys\u2019 in German.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The whole company was invited to a concert in a fantasy-like Viennese ballroom with crystals and tapestries and oil paintings and parquetry and marquetry and all these crazy Hippies all tripped-out on acid and Rock and Roll music. I was with Barbara Johnson and Celeste Pena from the show\u2014in Brooklyn and the Bronx, respectively. It was like an opulent dream. I had nothing in life to compare this to. Three days later back on the train to join La MaMa in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-163 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/michaeldavidarian_germanyphotobooth1barbarajohnson\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth1BarbaraJohnson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth1BarbaraJohnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth1BarbaraJohnson-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth1BarbaraJohnson-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth1BarbaraJohnson-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-464'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael with fellow Germany <em>Hair<\/em> cast member Barbara Johnson in Hamburg\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/michaeldavidarian_germanyphotobooth2barbarajohnson\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth2BarbaraJohnson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth2BarbaraJohnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth2BarbaraJohnson-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth2BarbaraJohnson-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotobooth2BarbaraJohnson-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-465'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael with fellow Germany <em>Hair<\/em> cast member Barbara Johnson in Hamburg\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/michaeldavidarian_germanyphotoboothmustachemugshot\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-816x814.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-1250x1248.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-400x399.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanyPhotoboothMustacheMugshot.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-466'>\n\t\t\t\tMichael in a Hamburg, Germany photo booth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I got to Spoletto for the closing night of <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.lamama.org\/index.php\/Detail\/Occurrence\/Show\/occurrence_id\/3002\" onclick=\"javascript:window.open('https:\/\/catalog.lamama.org\/index.php\/Detail\/Occurrence\/Show\/occurrence_id\/3002'); return false;\"><em>Arden of Faversham<\/em><\/a>. It was in a venue called the Chapel, which had been completely covered over with black contact paper even the windows. I was lucky enough to see the Danse Theatre of Holland and attend a way-gay party at Gian Carlo Menotti\u2019s regal villa up on a hill.<\/p>\n<p>Next was &nbsp;a month with no bookings and I took off with some of the group and saw Pompei and Capri and got back in time to return to Capri and our next booking. The Hotel Quisana was famous as the place &nbsp;where Oscar Wilde hung out &nbsp;when he was fresh from prison. &nbsp;Diners left in disgust, all swearing oaths to not eat in the same room as this pervert. That being the big event other than company-wide diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-163 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/michaeldavidarian_germanysheliaasutta\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanySheliaAsUtta-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanySheliaAsUtta-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanySheliaAsUtta-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanySheliaAsUtta-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanySheliaAsUtta-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/MichaelDavidArian_GermanySheliaAsUtta.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-439'>\n\t\t\t\tBerger from the German cast of Hair played by Bill Orstrhom.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/scan10013\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-238x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-816x1029.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-1250x1576.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013-400x504.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2017\/10\/Scan10013.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-170'>\n\t\t\t\tSheila from the German Cast of Hair, Played by Utta\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We finished there and left for the Bietef Festival in Yugoslavia. We were treated like royalty and were the big special show at the festival. <em>Hair<\/em> was playing in repertory at our theater and I asked and got to meet some of the cast. Through an interpreter we talked all afternoon and I learned how much of the play and music were forbidden. The non political\/non threatening songs were left in like \u201cStarshine\u201d and \u201cAquarius\u201d and a few more. Mostly they said they just danced around and tried to imagine what American hippies were like, with all out jeans and freedom. They were very unhappy people unable to be what they wanted to be.<\/p>\n<p>I had received a telegram in Amsterdam from Fred Rhineglass saying to call him and join him in the little industrial town of Duisberg, Germany. One of the English girls in the cast said it was a lot like Liverpool. . . all bleak and cold. The show was in a brand new \u201carts complex\u201d which included a bowling alley and a cinema that was showing <em>Tora! Tora! Tora!<\/em>\u2014that didn\u2019t go over well; we protested long and loud. I arrived near show time and get to meet everyone with lots of hugs and cheers and was told I could go into the house and watch. I took off my shoes and went on stage instead. I\u2019d never been on a stage doing <em>Hair<\/em> but the cast got me through Aquarius circle and the first verse which Rosmarie\u2014not Rose Mary\u2014sang in French to welcome me into the show then just as the 2nd verse began she handed me the mic and I sang the verse in English. What a night. I had waited what seemed like years to be doing this and was loving it like I knew I would.<\/p>\n<p>After the show that night some of the cast took us back to their hotel and checked us in and I started to get to know their names. Peter and Kerry from Amsterdam played our Wolf and Dione. One standing on top of the other they were barely 5 ft tall. We all went to my room Rosemarie und Gherhardt und Fryia und Tayia und Mayia und other names I couldn\u2019t understand or say. We had many a giant hash joint when we hear the owner screaming about something on fire. Lo and behold Peter had let the heat coil boil the water away and now the plastic tea-pot was smoking and all melty. Many joints and hours later I began to see what being on the road with <em>Hair<\/em> would be like. Nothing to do all day but sleep late and get ready for different events. Ready to do the shopping, ready to cook dinner, do my nails, Henna my hair and ready to get ready to get to the theater. So getting ready usually meant a bath and whatever beauty regimen you wanted to follow that day. A LOT of time devoted to beauty and hair-care products, 19 or 20 hours every day then the show. Nowhere to go except the only restaurant open past&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">midnight<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;two towns away. All the cab drivers knew us and were usually waiting for us after the show.<\/p>\n<p>One night we come out and there\u2019s a fleet of Mercedes taxis waiting to take us to Essen. Essen? 50 miles away and have you ever driven on the Autobahn? No lights, lots and lots of fog and I can\u2019t figure if the speedometer means 120 mph or kph but I\u2019m alone with my driver and he doesn\u2019t notice me frantically begging him to slow down. I didn\u2019t know how to ask for French Fries let alone stop the car. That we got there in one piece was a great relief.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-163 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-1\/ariangermanypatch-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianGermanyPatch-236x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianGermanyPatch-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianGermanyPatch-400x508.png 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1970\/10\/ArianGermanyPatch.png 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-473'>\n\t\t\t\tAn embroidered patch Michael got in Germany\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We had been brought to a party for the opening of a new travel agency in Essen. The owners had asked us there for color and trendy freak appeal. Our hosts were all in their mid 20\u2019s rich multi-lingual friends for years and high on how fabulous they thought they were. This night I had gone on as the Pill Lady and was very proud of having spoken my lines in German after many a failed attempt. One of them came up to me to say how charming she found us Americans and how funny we were at mispronouncing the lines. They thought we were hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>I was being taught several lines and characters I\u2019d be doing when Peter Kern (the jokester in black) left the show in a month or two. The first one we tried was the Pill Lady. Peter would take me up to the rehearsal rooms in back of the theater and we\u2019d work. Peter would say the line in German then I\u2019d try to say it back to him in German, then he\u2019d pull out his pipe and we\u2019d get stoned. Needless to say, it took me forever to learn the lines. The rehearsal room was next to the room where the band lived, which was a sad little room: toilet in the lobby, a hot-plate, no heat, and no tv. 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