{"id":444,"date":"1973-09-01T16:11:52","date_gmt":"1973-09-01T16:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/?p=444"},"modified":"2018-10-01T18:42:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:42:19","slug":"hair-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/hair-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2: HAIR, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Rainbow<\/em> and <em>Hair<\/em> were both closed and a friend told me to audition for a production going up at the Playhouse on the Mall in Paramas, NJ. The theater was getting a good rep for quality work. I got to the audition and it was very casual, very friendly. I\u00a0 met Wesley-the director and then asked the pianist to play me a verse or two of &#8220;O Great God of Power&#8221; from Act 2. But just to throw some personality at him I said I only knew the song in German and he said that\u2019s fine: he only knew it in French. It all clicked and I got the job.<\/p>\n<p>It would be a smaller cast as the theater and stage were very small. We did most all of the show as written and thankfully excluded &#8220;The Bed&#8221;. It was a fun enough song and dance but it came after most of the show was over and only the emotional scene and final songs were left. I had been told this number was cut on Broadway matinee days as it was just too much after doing the whole show. We had the same blocking as the Broadway production so all of us were on stage as part of the action or just watching it happen.<\/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: 33%;\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-444 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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-2\/hair_paramus_nj_productionstill\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_ProductionStill-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_ProductionStill-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_ProductionStill-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_ProductionStill-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_ProductionStill-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-1-446'>\n\t\t\t\tFull Cast Production Still of <em>Hair<\/em> at The Playhouse on the Mall in Paramus, New Jersey.\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-2\/hair_paramus_nj_whiteboys\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_WhiteBoys-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_WhiteBoys-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_WhiteBoys-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_WhiteBoys-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_Paramus_NJ_WhiteBoys-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-1-447'>\n\t\t\t\tDelores Hall (center) sings &#8220;White Boys&#8221; from <em>Hair<\/em> at The Playhouse on the Mall in Paramus, New Jersey\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-2\/hair_paramusnj_promo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_ParamusNJ_Promo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_ParamusNJ_Promo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_ParamusNJ_Promo-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_ParamusNJ_Promo-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/arian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/1974\/07\/Hair_ParamusNJ_Promo-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-1-449'>\n\t\t\t\tFull Cast Promotional Shot of <em>Hair<\/em> at The Playhouse on the Mall in Paramus, New Jersey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Most of the company had been in the show as it recently closed on Broadway or toured America in it or were in <em>Rainbow<\/em> with me, two had come from <em>Dude<\/em> after it closed. I was the least experienced in &#8220;professional&#8221; theater, having spent my time downtown where we may have been crazy but were not rude and hiding behind a rule book for protection.<\/p>\n<p>Even with a short rehearsal time everyone was cool and enjoyed doing the show. But, there was an undercurrent of meanness from a couple of the black kids. One of their group had played the \u2018young recruit\u2019 when the show closed and even though I was cast in the part, for some reason I was asked to let him do it in rehearsals. Then we kept having visitors and he was still doing the part for them at their request, until I stopped it happening so I\u2019d have one shot at it before opening night. I thought everything was ok till the scene came up in performance. A chair and desk were rolled in and I sat talking to the army recruiter behind the desk. He was on a microphone commenting and making sound effects: \u201dhe entered the room\u201d (door creaks, he stomps loudly to the desk). He says he wants to go to Viet Nam get a rifle\u00a0 and kill, kill, kill then a lot of business with an actor in a gorilla suit, then it ends.<\/p>\n<p>Since I hardly ever went through it I wasn\u2019t aware that some of the black tribe members were right by me at the edge of the stage, within inches. They taunted me and made snotty noises all through my bit. I was rattled but was told it\u2019d been good even though they had tried to trip me on my exit.<\/p>\n<p>All things considered it was a great experience and I made a few friends I still see and enjoy being with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rainbow and Hair were both closed and a friend told me to audition for a production going up at the Playhouse on the Mall in Paramas, NJ. The theater was getting a good rep for quality work. I got to the audition and it was very casual, very friendly. 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