Who Is Vanessa Ray? And Why The Hell Was She Cast As Crissy In The Diane Paulus "HAIR Live??"

                              Poor Diane Paulus!  She is really heading back to the Island Of Lost Directors.  First, she gets it SO right with the 2009 "HAIR," wherein Allison Case, brilliantly cast as Crissy, did the best rendition of "Frank Mills," my favorite song from the show, this side of Shelley Plimpton. Allison has, over the years, become the Shelley Plimpton of her generation.

                              It wasn't just the beauty of her voice that made Allison's performance work. It was the quality of innocent vulnerability, she brought to it, matched by her innocent look.  Crissy is SUPPOSED to be innocent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                               Who the  hell is this Vanessa Ray?  "Pretty Little Lies," like, who gives a shit? And now SHE is going to do Crissy in "HAIR????????"  Looking like one of the slutty TV housewives??????????  THIS is who gets to sing "Frank Mills??????????"

                               You know, Sarah Hyland, from "Modern Family" did not do too bad a rendition, when the show was staged at, I believe, the Hollywood Bowl. Why couldn't she have been used?

                                 You've screwed it, Diane!  Nerts to you!

                                   As for "HAIR Live!," forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  Now, to prove my point, here are Allison Case and Shelley Plimpton to show how "Frank Mills" should be performed.  And catch my doing it, on September 12, in front of the Waverly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   There is Allison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    And here is Shelley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!