A revival of Hair, care of the Public Theater, debuted in the summer of 2008 in Central Park just as the economy began to crash, and then transferred to Broadway in 2009, right after Obama became president and had to clean up that mess. 

The original musical production opened at the Public four decades earlier in October 1967 and moved to Broadway in 1968 – the height of the Vietnam War.  An era when the country was being torn apart and young people, seeing their peers dying overseas in the first fully televised war, were protesting with a new kind of anti-war-musical that ultimately, and ironically, advocated peace, love and togetherness.

These are different times but no less turbulent or divisive than their predecessors.  Since we don’t have a 2025 Hair revival (Note: Yet) perhaps these few minutes can provide some brief respite from death scrolling, ranting or hate-filled inner monologues to those of us who had a difficult Fourth of July holiday.  Maybe it’ll inspire you? Either way, it’s introduced by David Letterman, and that charmed me enough.

Back next week with more… we’ll see how much more we can take. At the very least, we can let the sun shine in till then….