Product Description

Whether youre a fan wanting to relive the time that extolled peace, love, and understanding - and sex, drugs, and rock n roll! - or a theatre professional needing insightful analysis for a production, read Scott Miller and know the true genius of Hair.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #111198 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
"Scott Miller’s work on Hair is one the best reports ever written about that classic musical." -- Michael Bulter, original Broadway producer of HAIR

From the Publisher
Hair remains one of the most important works in the history of the American theatre, and yet so many people know so little about it. Hair is so much more than its drugs and rock music and its famous nude scene. Without Hair there would have been no Rent or A Chorus Line, no Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago or Cats. Hair changed everything. Drawing from the anti-war movement, the hippie culture, the experimental theatre community, the drug culture, rock and roll, the poems of Allen Ginsberg, and so much more, Hair emerged in 1967 as one of the towering achievements of the twentieth century, a work of theatre so fully realized, so culturally significant, so shockingly real and honest, so iconically American that still today it retains its power to move and shock audiences, and to change forever the lives of those who work on it. With this book, Scott Miller, continues the exploration of the American musical theatre in his first three books, From Assassins to West Side Story, Deconstructing Harold Hill, and Rebels with Applause, focusing for the first time an entire volume on one show. Miller takes us on a tour of all the cultural and social forces that converged in 1967 to bring about the birth of the first American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, as well as a tour inside this beautiful, complex, masterfully crafted – but often highly under-rated – work of the American theatre.

About the Author
Scott Miller is artistic director of New Line Theatre in St. Louis, MO. With a degree in music and musical theatre from Harvard University, he has directed and written musicals since 1981. He is the author of several books, including From Assassins to West Side Story, Deconstructing Harold Hill, Rebels with Applause, and the vampire novel, In the Blood.

Customer Reviews

Everything I Hoped It Would Be!!
This book covers everything you could ever want to know about HAIR, The American TRibal Love-Rock musical, it's background, it's creation, what everything in it means, how it fit in history, how ti changes peoples lives, everything!! If you love HAIR, you'll love this book!!

A brief review
Having read the other books of Mr. Miller and enjoyed them, I was looking forward to this little book. I think Mr. Miller has finally lost the plot! He is so uncritical of the show it's an embarrassment. His critical faculties have sailed out the window! HAIR's music is a Wonder but the lyrics and book (?) are atrocious and often gibberish. The revelatory experiences Mr. Miller claims his cast had performing a production are Not their audience's response,i would imagine. An audience cannot always appreciate the research a cast has invested, it sees the product not the process. Miller is looking at his subject from the inside. I am surprised that Mr. Miller has descended to this "tribal" love-stuff. He never steps back from his subject and discerns its weakness. His efforts have actually steered me away from this musical.