A Good "Hair" Day at the Fanny Brice Theater

By Dustin Herlich
Science Editor

There are several kinds of Hair. There is the hair that grown on your head, the hair that your pet sheds off onto you, and the kind that makes you really enjoy a few moments of life. Thankfully, the kind of hair I am reviewing is the latter. Hair, the musical, was performed April 7th through the 10th in the year 2005. The performers however warp you back more towards 1965 (although the play first was performed in 1968). The production is a fairly well known one and to see it performed on stage at a university may seem like it is not being given treatment it deserves.

I beg to differ. The musical is probably best suited right here at a place like Stony Brook, and not at all in a large corporate theater on Broadway. The show is about free love, free thought and true happiness. Who better to convey these ideal than the students who actually still hold these beliefs? The quality of the acting was very good, with some performers standing out as true future stars. The Fanny Brice Theater is a great venue for a show like this. The tightly packed room definitely helps put people in the spirit of togetherness, whether they like it or not.

The hard work and dedication that went into this show is obvious. Considering that the show was competing with I-CON, Music for Peace and the Stony Brook Digital Video Festival, seeing a packed house at the performance really must mean that it was something special. It was possibly the most entertaining three dollars I’ve spent in a long time. When you go see a Broadway play, you may see famous actors or really popular shows but seeing a play at Stony Brook is something that everyone should take a moment to try and do. Seeing people you actually know trying to be someone else is often hilarious, but more often impressive. Even better is when some people are not actually acting, and just get to be themselves on stage with a different name.

Hair was great. It’s a great show that was well performed. I’d tell everyone to go see it, but unfortunately it’s over. I will say, however, that the next time there is a show at the Fanny Brice, or anywhere on campus that has student actors, GO SEE IT!