Characters: How I See Them

Commonly, with a screenplay, a list indicating the cast of characters, with a brief (usually one-line) description of each, will be included.  As my script is based on the musical Hair, one would think there would not be such exposition, but in the world of Hollywood, all must be explained to within an inch of its life.  Some people have been asking me how my script will view the characters, and if they will take their cue from any specific production in particular.  Well, here's the scoreboard at present!

Musical Arrangements (Part Deux)

I delved a little the last time I wrote in this blog (which was... yikes, a year ago! Sorry folks!) into the question of musical arrangements for my proposed film of Hair.  One of the first things I did was to collect multiple cast recordings and think about what I wanted from each version of the show.  Hair has had many productions over the years, each with a certain amount of flexibility to the arrangements, and I liked a different thing about each.  Guided partially by Randy Bowser's representative guide for his successful Oregonian production in 2000, I've come up with what I believe to be a definitive way I want the film's music to sound.