Sunday, November 09, 2003

Blue Hair Troupe

If you're in Boston, you've got to go see Blue Hair Troupe. It's a play full of musical skits about being old. They do a medley of 60's and 70's songs that is absolutely riotous -- all dressed in funny hippy and disco outfits.

They kick it off by reminding everyone that the stars of the 60's and 70's are in their sixites and seventies now!

Sorry, Mick!

They take very popular songs like the Beatles "All We Are Saying ... Is Give Peace A Chance" and turn it into a song for an old guy singing plaintively, "All We Are Saying ... Is Give My Hairpiece A Chance."

Most of the songs are so funny.

They rewrite the super sexy "Lady Marmalade" into the more tame "Voulez-vous Crochet Avec Moi Ce Soir" which brought the house down as three hip grandmas strutted their stuff along with their crocheted afghans and crochet hooks.

And then their remake of YMCA ... about joining the AARP is to die for. Whoops. I mean is great.