Greater Lewisville Community Theatre opens its season with Hair, the first rock musical and an icon of its time.
Set in the turbulent 1960s, when hippies formed a counterculture to champion racial and gender equality as well as the sexual revolution, Hair follows the members of a self-described tribe as they puzzle through the political aspersions cast against them.
Much of the action centers on Claude, who is searching for himself and hoping to avoid being drafted into the military. The rest of the tribe fleshes out the greater struggle for an American identity defined by personal freedom instead of the Puritan values of church, family and country.
Hair is considered to be rated R for nudity, language and mature themes.
The production opens this weekend, with performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, and matinees at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. Performances are at the theater at 160 W. Main St. in Old Town Lewisville. The entrance and parking are in the rear off Elm Street.
Tickets cost $20 for adults and $17 for ages 65 and over or ages 18 and younger. For reservations, call 972-221-7469. For more information, visit www.glct.org .
— Lucinda Breeding
