Hair
“Triumphant, glorious, and breathtaking! Hair is a musical for the ages because it’s a musical for the now.”
–New York Post
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, 2009
Tony Award nomination for Best Musical, 1969
Don’t miss the sensational rock musical that gave voice to the joyous spirit and raging rebellion of the 1960s! More than fifty years later, the show still resounds with a spectacular cry for lifting up our collective voices. A group of young, idealistic friends is thrown into chaos when one of their own is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Featuring the exuberant anthems “Aquarius” and “Let the Sunshine In,” Hair’s themes of protest and celebration will have you dancing in your seat.
A co-production with The Old Globe of San Diego.
Hair
- Book & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado
- Music by Galt MacDermot
- Directed by James Vásquez
- Choreographed by Rickey Tripp
NOTE: Assistive listening devices are available for all performances.
We are committed to making our performances and facilities accessible to all of our patrons.
Devin Ilaw's Dazzling Gala Video
We were absolutely thrilled to feature Broadway star Devin Ilaw at our virtual gala on May 9. For those who missed his performance, or are dying to watch it again and again, here is the dazzling video he created with the help of Gabriel Demartine. It features two songs from Hair, "I Got Life" and "Let the Sunshine In."
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Wine in the Wilderness
It's 1964. As race riots blaze on the streets outside his Harlem home, painter Bill Jameson works feverishly to complete a triptych depicting his vision of Black womanhood. While he struggles to find his final muse — the “messed up chick” — his friends discover the perfect model in Tommy, a woman they meet at a bar after she’s been burned out of her home in the riots. However, Tommy is more than she seems, and her presence changes everything. Celebrated writer Alice Childress offers an intimate and raw study of race, gender, and class that explores how the Black community perceives, defines, and affirms itself from within.
Listen Between the Lines: The Music Man with Amir Shirazi
Learn to listen between the lines, as we take a peek behind the curtain at Meredith Wilson's The Music Man! As a group, we'll analyze and respond to the musical by exploring song type, structure, style, musical motifs, rhyme scheme, and more.
Autobiographic Devising for Solo Performance with Katherine Murphy Lewis
This multi-session workshop for women (including trans women of course!) and femme-identified people uses physical exploration, research, writing, construction, and editing to develop new solo material and the tools to support the creation of future artistic visions. Ideal for theater makers and performers who want to reclaim agency over their creative lives — and anyone else who has a story to tell!
Drop-in Writing Workshops for BIPOC Writers with Anya Pearson
These workshops for BIPOC writers are designed to help generate new material, refine existing drafts, or simply discover the permission to call yourself a writer. We’ll gather on Zoom to write together, bounce ideas off each other, share our work in progress, and hold space for the fullness of who we are.
Portland Center Stage at The Armory is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).
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