Equal parts revival and outright rave, there is something slightly bizarre about mounting Hair in the red velvet box that is the Kennedy Center’s Opera House. That’s not to perpetuate the false mythology that pegs the Kennedy Center as some stuffy, hot house. But, truly, one has not experienced an evening at this most famous of performance halls until you have done so with a largely undressed man in a fringed buckskin thong crawling his way over the heads of audience members. The tribe of performers are enthralling — a stunning must see. To Nov. 21. Kennedy Center Opera House. Tickets are $25 to $115. Call 202-467-4600 or visit kennedy-center.org.
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