Broadway

My favorite Broadway show would be Hair. The west coast 1968 one to be exact, and I like it because its 100 percent 1960s. I like this showing the best, because it is from the 60s and the actors already have the mind set in the 60s. It seems better than the newer shows of the same thing, because new actors have to act like they are from the 60s and you don’t get the same feeling. Somehow it seems a little fake compared to the older showings of it. I like the 60s part about the show, because it seems like a whole different world to me with their cultural values. Also, the 60s seems to me to free a little freer and more loving than now. The Broadway show of Hair just reconfirms that freeing feeling of the 1960s to me. Overall, it just has this strong sense of love to one another and a connection too everyone and everything.

In terms of the shows technology behind it, had a lot of lighting techniques.  There was a lot of different colors that kind of changed each time the mood in the show changed. The colors were kind of mixed with the cool blues and for the more emotion elements they used warm colors like red and yellows. This gives you a wide range of feeling, with the blending of the lights, and the tone of the Broadway songs. Most of the songs have a bright feeling to them, but with underlying tones of unsureness to them. It’s more like a feeling of unknowing for the future rather than being a depressing feeling.

The camera work was also done really well too, with the very close up shots on key characters at the right time. Making the show feel like it was always moving and never static in feeling. The stage was kind of lacking in technology they just had props, but I like this because it makes you focus on the actors themselves.  I think this Broadway was every well done over all and is kind of a classic to all of the Broadway shows.