When you’re sitting in the audience of Paly’s musical, “Anything Goes,” which opens this weekend, be sure to look out for the cast’s 30s hairstyles, which caused much controversy among cast members.

Actresses were given the choice of cutting their hair or wearing wigs, while actors had to cut their hair and be clean-shaven for the show.

Many were not happy with the orders to change or cut their hair for the musical.

Senior Paige Haverstock was one who had conflicts with cutting her hair for the musical.

“The costume director, Mary Cravens initially wanted me to cut my hair to a bob, but instead I will wear a wig over my real hair,” Haverstock said. “People, basically only me, were supposed to cut their hair for authenticity for the show and to be true to the styles of the 1930s,” Haverstock said. “I asked not to cut my hair because a bob would be a huge change for me and I really did not want to make that big of a decision. I know people say ‘It’s just hair, it’ll grow back’ but I just wanted to be able to have longer hair for prom and graduation this spring.”

Other girls, not only had problems with cutting their hair, but with wearing wigs. Girls in the cast who will be wearing wigs even had a professional come to teach them how to wear and take care of the wigs.

“I was really afraid to have a little, platinum, blond, curly, wig considering I’m a brunette with long hair,” junior Ali Arams said. “But when we tried them on, it turned out that they look really fun. I think they will look good with the right make-up and everything. I look at the hairstyles like they [women] wanted to be more flirtatious, since the wigs do look more feminine and sexy.”

Yet the girls of the cast are not the only ones with the hairy conflicts. The guys of the musical also have their own opinions of how they have to cut their hair.

“When I tried out, I did not know I had to cut my hair,” sophomore Alex Nee said. “But we did have to sign a paper to give the rights of our hair away. They wanted me to cut my hair like Fred Astaire.”

Senior Elan Maier seemed especially peeved at having to shave his beard off, as well as grow a 1930s style moustache.

“It [hair cutting] is an act of feminism,” Maier said. “One of the ways to get back at men. I didn’t want to cut my hair. Usually they ask you to cut your hair but this time they just assumed. I’m just a piece of meat. My hair might grow differently than the men of the 30s. We’re two different people. I have my own mustache, and that’s the way it’s gonna stay.”

Other guys seemed OK or indifferent to shaving. Senior Jon Stirrat seemed not to mind losing his facial hair.

“I’m kind of used to shaving my beard,” Stirrat said. “My mom makes me do it because I’m a gorilla.”

Whatever the views and opinions the cast has about wearing wigs or cutting their hair, most agree that the hairstyles of the 1930s were a great look.

“They used a lot more grease than they needed to,” Nee said. “But the hairstyles were pretty slick, they had a feel to the era.”

Haverstock said, “I did a lot of research on 30s hair on my own to find an alternative to cutting it, though most styles were short. The hairstyles of the 30s are adorable.”