"Hair rocks!" Daily Mail

"Hair seems to have found its moment again." The Independent

The CanStage production of Hair marks the third time that Dancap Private Equity and CanStage have joined forces to bring a large musical to Toronto. Directed by Robert A. Prior and choreographed by Stephen Hues, the all-Canadian cast includes Matthew Boden as Margaret Mead, Matthew Brown as Hud, Craig Burnatowski as Berger, Karen Burthwright as Sheila, Kimmy Choi as Crissy, Kevin Dennis (CanStage's Beard of Avon) as a tribe member, Gerrad Everard as a tribe member, Ryan Field as a tribe member, Alana Hibbert as Dionne, Bryan Hindle as Apache, Andrew Kushnir (CanStage's Sweeney Todd) as Woof, Jamie McKnight as Claude, Adrienne Merrell as a tribe member, David Mongar as a swing, Katrina Reynolds as a tribe member, Julius Sermonia as a tribe member and dance captain, Valerie Stanois as a swing, Zachary Stevenson as a tribe member, Sheena Turcotte as a tribe member, Cleopatra Williams as Jeanie, and Naomi Zara as a tribe member.

Joining Robert A. Prior and Stephen Hues is a creative team that includes musical director Steve Hunter, set and costume designer Dany Lyne (CanStage's Twelfth Night), lighting designer Jock Munro (CanStage's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?), sound designer John Lott (CanStage's I Am My Own Wife), and projections designer Yo Suzuki of Lovemushroom Studio, aerial consultant Decker Ladouceur of Cirque Sublime, associate lighting designer Joshua Hind (CanStage's Rice Boy), stage manager Lauren Snell (CanStage's Homechild), assistant stage managers Louise Currie (CanStage's The Dreamland) and Zeph Williams (CanStage's Homechild) and assistant director Brendan Healey.

After its inaugural run off-Broadway at the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre in 1967, Hair found a temporary home at the New York disco The Cheetah. On April 29, 1968, amid controversy and acclaim, Hair made its Broadway debut at the Biltmore Theatre where it ran for nearly 2000 performances. Its London West End premiere took place later that fall and the production ran until 1973. Hair opened in Toronto at the Royal Alexandra Theatre on January 11, 1970 and has played to audiences in cities around the world over the past four decades. A movie version was directed by Milos Forman in 1979 starring Treat Williams and Beverly D'Angelo (among others).

Details PREVIEWS: March 20 - 29, 2006 OPENS: March 30 and runs until June 17, 2006 SCHEDULE: Monday - Saturday 8:00 p.m., Wednesday matinee 1:30 p.m., Saturday matinee 2:00 p.m. TICKETS: $53 to $80. Limited $20 front row seats are available. $20 special rate for arts workers. LOCATION: CanStage - Bluma, 27 Front Street East. BOX OFFICE: Tickets* are available in person either at the CanStage Customer Service Centres, 26 Berkeley Street or 27 Front Street East, by telephone at CanStage 416-368-3110, or by calling Ticketmaster at 416-872-1111 or online at www.CanStage.com. Rush Seats are available for any performance one hour prior to show time. Rush Seats are half the regular ticket price. For Monday-night performances only, pay-what-you-can tickets are available in person at the CanStage Box Office beginning at 10:00 a.m. on the day of the performance. Special Group Rates Available. Call for details. For more information please contact us at groups@CanStage.com. CanStage Tea Talks and Talk Backs - These informal post-performance question and answer periods give you an opportunity to meet the artists immediately following a production. Call Patty Jarvis at ext. 245 for details.

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