Program for the world premiere production of the musical "Hair" which opened [October 17, 1967] as the inaugeral production of the Public Theater in its downtown New York City building. Produced by Joseph Papp. Books and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Raod, music by Galt MacDermot and directed by Gerald Freedman. Includes text, "From Hair to Hamlet," by Joseph Papp, "To keep Shakespeare contemporary, we must be a modern theater engaged in producing modern plays dramatizing the potent forces of our time - events and feelings which shape history and man..."