Stage Production: Hair

Opening date
October 17, 1967
Comments
Date is for the first Off-Broadway preview at the New York Shakespeare Festival (it officially opened on October 29, 1967), after which it was briefly moved to the Cheetah discotheque. It then moved to the Broadway house, the Biltmore Theater, where previews commenced on April 11, 1968, with the official premiere on April 29, 1969. The show ultimately ran 1750 total performances (including the previews) at the Biltmore.

There were substantial changes between the original Off-Broadway run and the Broadway run. Some songs in the original production were cut before the move to Broadway, while others were added before the Broadway run. In addition, there was replacement of a number of performers between the two runs.

The Broadway cast album of "Hair" was released in 1968, and approximately a year later an original cast album of the Off-Broadway production was released.

First Performances

Performance Performer Written by Covered by
1 The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) James Rado, Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore and Company Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (18 artists)
2 Good Morning Starshine Jill O'Hara and the Company Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (16 artists)
3 Aquarius Warren Burton and Company Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (39 artists)
4 Ain't Got No Walker Daniels, Gerome Ragni, Steve Dean, Arnold Wilkerson and the Company Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (5 artists)
5 Donna Gerome Ragni and Company Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (2 artists)
6 Where Do I Go? Walker Daniels and Company Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni (3 artists)
7 I Got Life James Rado and Company Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (4 artists)
8 Colored Spade Lamont Washington and Company Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni (2 artists)
9 Walking in Space The Company [of Hair] Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni Quincy Jones
10 Frank Mills Shelley Plimpton Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni (9 artists)
11 Easy to Be Hard Jill O'Hara Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni (10 artists)
12 Hair Walker Daniels, Gerome Ragni Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado (5 artists)

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