2009/01/26

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Of War, Peace and Paying Customers

clipped by: David Hughes
clippers remarks: For theatre buffs!
Clip Source: www.nytimes.com
Of War, Peace and Paying Customers

NO theatrical event of 2008 captured the political mood of the country quite like the Public Theater?s hit revival of the Vietnam-era rock musical ?Hair? in Central Park last summer. Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain were sparring daily about whether to withdraw troops from Iraq; ?Hair? and its antiwar anthems gave voice not only to the anger that many people felt about the 2003 invasion, but also to the hopes that many of them had invested in Mr. Obama.


He is President Obama now, and soon both he and the country will come to a reckoning point in Iraq, as his administration prepares to withdraw tens of thousands of troops over the next 16 months. And the New York theater world is reflecting that national moment, just as the Public did with ?Hair,? by mounting several significant productions this winter and spring that wrestle with themes of war, its legacy, and responsibility and accountability.





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