‘Hair,’ now playing at Vanguard Theater, remains relevant nearly 60 years after creation
By: JAY LUSTIG | Published: 2025-06-19 15:42:00 | Source: www.njarts.net
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KYLE WATKINS
Cast members in the current production of “Hair” at The Vanguard Theater in Montclair.
Tribal. The word is right there in the subtitle of “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical,” which is currently being presented at The Vanguard Theater in Montclair. And it is essential.
Cast members in any production of “Hair” have to create the feeling that they are a tribe: Not just a bunch of friends, but a community that takes on a personality and a pulsating life of its own. And the actors in this production do a great job of that, conveying the strong bonds between the characters in virtually every scene.
KYLE WATKINS
Amron Salgado, left, and Nick Rubano in “Hair.”
One imagines that the tenor of the times they are living through, in their…
