Musicals can feel kind of trippy in the first place, so this sort of fits. It was announced on Thursday that Michael Lang, one of the producers of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, says he plans to take a part of the Woodstock experience to Broadway in a show that explores how the festival affected the lives of many who attended. Details are few thus far, but we get a feeling there will be much more to come on this.
(Via: Daily Swarm Via New York Times)
It seems the East Coast-West Coast rivalry is being dug up again, which we’re sure Biggie and Tupac would be amused at. It’s 40 years ago this August that the legendary Woodstock festival took place, which saw electric performances by Santana, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Who, CSNY, and Jimi Hendrix among others. Now, though, the celebration of four decades of influential music is being disputed by San Francisco and New York companies, who are arguing who owns the rights to the name “Woodstock.”
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