FINAL PERFORMANCE, BUT NOT REALLY

Today is the final performance the original cast of the 2009 Tony winning revival of HAIR will have on Broadway.

Beginning Tuesday we will have a brand new cast rocking the Hirschfeld each night.

I'm excited for the shift, mostly because of the amazing opportunity it gives the original cast to bring this show to London.

And I'm excited to see our new cast in action - they are quite a talented group.

But I am also sad.

I like this company of actors very much, and I love the work they do together on stage, and I feel a little like a junior in high school when all of your senior class friends graduate and move on together, and you're left remembering how cool it was to be friends with those folks.

But, if I follow that metaphor through, then I'm about to become a senior, and I'll very soon be caught up in planning the prom for this new class. And the graduation.

It must be tough to be a high school teacher. Always saying goodbye.