This is a rare souvenir program from the Original Dutch production of the groundbreaking GEROME RAGNI, JAMES RADO and GALT MacDERMOT American Tribal Love-Rock Musical "HAIR" at the "Hair" Tent Theatre at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Directed by VICTOR SPINETTI, the Amsterdam Cast was led by BILL VAN DIJK (starred as "Cyrano" in the 1993 Original Broadway production of "Cyrano the Musical") as "Claude" and OLIVER TOBIAS as "Berger". (The production originally opened October 29th, 1967 at New York's Joseph Papp Public Theatre and ran for 49 performances. An overwhelming demand for tickets resulted in a move on December 22nd, 1967 to the Cheetah Theatre, a former discotheque on Broadway at 53rd Street, where it ran for an additional 45 performances. The production later opened April 29th, 1968 at the Biltmore Theatre in New York City and ran for 1750 performances while simultaneously playing throughout the U.S. and abroad. The Amsterdam production premiered on January 2nd, 1970 in a circus tent erected outside of the Olympic Stadium.) ..... Historical Background: "HAIR" is a rock musical which was the product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960's. Several of its songs became anthems of the anti–Vietnam War peace movement. The musical's profanity, its depiction of the use of illegal drugs, its treatment of sexuality, its irreverence for the American flag, and its nude scene caused much controversy and as a result initially made it difficult to find a home in a Broadway theatre. The show broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of the "rock musical" and utilizing a racially-integrated cast. Hair was conceived by actors JAMES RADO and GEROME RAGNI (both members of the Original Broadway and Aquarius Theater Casts). The two actors met in 1964, when they acted together in the Off-Broadway play Hang Down Your Head and Die, and they began writing Hair together in early 1965. The main characters of "Claude" and "Berger" were autobiographical, Rado's "Claude" being the pensive romantic and Ragni's "Berger" the extrovert. Their close relationship, sometimes volatile, is symbolized in the show by the well known ballad "Easy to be Hard". In addition to the two authors, the Original Broadway Cast included a young DIANE KEATON and MELBA MOORE. Other prominent actors and singers who have appeared in productions throughout the U.S. and abroad include JILL O'HARA, TIM CURRY (London), MEAT LOAF, ELAINE PAIGE (London), JOE MANTEGNA, PAUL JABARA, BEN VEREEN, KEITH CARRADINE, TED NEELEY, JOBRIATH, JOAN ARMATRADING (United Kingdom Tour), JENNIFER WARREN, DAVID PATRICK KELLY, PHILIP MICHAEL THOMAS, DONNA SUMMER, ANDRE DeSHIELDS, PAUL NICHOLAS (London), RICHARD O'BRIEN (creator of "The Rocky Horror Show"), SHARON REDD and REG LIVERMORE. (Reprinted in part from Wikipedia.) The Broadway revival which opened March 31st, 2009 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre received the Tony Award for "Best Revival of a Musical" ..... AMSTERDAM CREDITS: Music by GALT MacDERMOT ("Hair", "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Dude", "Via Galactica", "The Human Comedy"); Book and Lyrics by GEROME RAGNI and JAMES RADO; Sets designed by CEDRIC PRICE; Costumes designed by HERBERT SIDON; Choreographed by CHARLENE COLLINS; Directed by VICTOR SPINETTI; Produced by DAVID CONYERS, TOM PARKINSON and JOHN NASHT ..... DETAILS: The oversized 28 page program measures 8 1/2" X 11 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, photos and bios of each of the actors (shown in the ninth and eleventh scanned images) and members of the creative team, lyrics to several of the show's musical numbers and several pages of production photos ..... CONDITION: (Please Note!) There is staining at the top of most of the pages, a vertical fold, handwritten notations next to the individual cast photos and moderate edge wear. Despite these flaws, this rare program will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.