“Hair” the first Rock Musical opened in 1967 for six weeks at the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre and moved to the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway the following year where it was a hit. The book and lyrics were written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado (both actors in the play) while the music was composed by Galt MacDermot.   

Initially, the show took reviewers and audiences by surprise with its anti-war plot, nudity, mixed race relationships, and homosexuality. Over time reactions changed and the musical became popular world-wide and was translated into many languages before disappearing.   

 In 2010, the play received a Tony for the best revival of a musical which once again brought the work to the forefront and may have induced Michael J. Bobbitt, the current artistic director of Boston’s New Repertory, to choose it. Opening night at the New Rep the audience was filled with excited middle aged and elderly people, many of whom were dressed as hippies.   …

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