'Hair' update: producers give away 500 tickets

As the current Hair tribe moves into its final two weeks on Broadway, assembled below are random items of note about the show.

The producers of Hair generously gave away 500 free tickets to Friday night's show in celebration of the revival of the show's launch during the Public Theater’s free 2008 Shakespeare in the Park season. An article on SILive.com detailed the giveaway, saying the first 500 people to stand in line at the show's box office before it opened at 10 a.m. would get a ticket.

Later that day, Diana and fellow Idol alums Ace Young and Constantine Maroulis as well as fellow Broadway actors Liam Redhead, Dayton Tavares and Michael Dameski participated as celebrity judges for Macy's Ticket to the Tonys semi-finalist competition at Macy's Herald Square. Per an article on TheaterMania.com:

Customers are encouraged to come out and show their support for the singers by casting their own vote to determine who will walk the red carpet at the 2010 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. The event will also feature USA Today's Elysa Gardner as a judge, and celebrity columnist Naughty But Nice Rob as host.

Meanwhile, Idol blogger Rickey Yaneza of Rickey.org recently attended a show and got star treatment from Diana and Ace, capturing his experience for TV.com. After the show, he went out to dinner with the two of them and learned some news:

So what did I learn?
1. Ace and Diana are NOT dating. Although they were very friendly! I think Ace flirts with anything that moves. I've always thought that he was a very formal straight up guy — but he was such a college jock! Hahaha. It was really fun to witness Ace's flirtatious ways. Oh the things I just can't write it in this blog!

2. Ace is going back to L.A. to write music for himself and others after Hair is finished.

3. Diana is going back to Nashville to work on her music. I tried to convince her to do Wicked on Broadway as Elphaba, but she said she wants to take a break from theater for the moment.

And numbers were revealed for the total amount of money raised during Hair's Love Out Loud: A Donation of LOVE from HAIR. An article on TheaterMania.com reported more than $15k raised over the duration of the benefit for the Fresh Air Fund.