question: Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot is best know for the muscial "Hair", and what rock musical based on a Shekespeare comdey of the same name?
answer: Two Gentlemen of Verona
context: Title: Matty Selman
  Passage: Matty Selman is a playwright, lyricist and composer who makes his home in New York City.  He first came into the national spotlight when he was hand-selected by Harvard's Robert Brustein to write the lyrics to an adaptation of Lysistrata with music by HAIR composer, Galt MacDermot.  The resulting work starred Tony Award winner Cherry Jones and was presented by the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard and the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia.  Both having lived on Staten Island, Selman and MacDermot continued their collaboration and wrote Goddess Wheel a further exploration of the Lysistrata tale, and The Tinderbox, based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and set in war-torn Iraq.  Prior to working with Galt MacDermot, Matty had collaborated with Agnes of God playwright, John Pielmeier on three musicals, Steeplechase the Funny Place, Young Rube, and Slow Dance with a Hot Pickup.
  Title: Hair (musical)
  Passage: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot.  A product of the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s, 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 comment and controversy.  The musical broke new ground in musical theatre by defining the genre of "rock musical", using a racially integrated cast, and inviting the audience onstage for a "Be-In" finale.
  Title: Galt MacDermot
  Passage: Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (born December 18, 1928) is a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre.  He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1960.  His most successful musicals have been "Hair" (1967; its cast album also won a Grammy) and "Two Gentlemen of Verona" (1971).  MacDermot has also written music for film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and classical music, and his music has been sampled in hit hip-hop songs and albums.  He is best known for his work on "Hair", and in particular three of the songs from the show; "Aquarius", "Let the Sunshine In", and "Good Morning Starshine", all three of which were number one hits in 1969.
  Title: Goddess Wheel
  Passage: Goddess Wheel is a musical adaptation of "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes.  The show contains music by "Hair" composer Galt MacDermot and lyrics/book by Matty Selman.  The first presentations of the musical starred Tony Award winner Cherry Jones at Harvard’s American Repertory Theatre and the Prince Theatre in Philadelphia.  In 2005, Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21) further developed the musical and presented it from November 30 - December 10.
  Title: Ran Avni
  Passage: Ran Avni is the founder of the Jewish Repertory Theatre and was its artistic director from 1974 till 2004.  JRT specialized in Jewish related plays in English and grew over its 30-year history to become a major theatrical institution in New York City.  JRT produced original works by renowned playwrights such as Arthur Miller, Arthur Laurents and Galt MacDermot and presented rare revivals by the likes of Jerry Herman, David Mamet, Ira Levin and many more.  As important was the theater's role in developing and presenting plays by new playwrights and launching the careers of actors, directors and designers.  The theater was privileged to work with stars like Dianne Wiest and F. Murray Abraham as well as numerous prominent New York theater actors.  Mr. Avni also directed many of the theater's productions, plays among them 'Up From Paradise', 'The Grand Tour', and 'Kumi Leml', for which he received the Outer Critics' Circle Award and was cited in the 1984-85 "Best Plays" publication as best director of a musical Off or on Broadway.  He directed the Broadway production of 'Yiddle with a Fiddle', an English speaking adaptation of the Yiddish classic.  Many of the more that 120 productions the theater presented over the years have moved into commercial venues in New York and nationally.
  Title: Dude (musical)
  Passage: Dude (The Highway Life) is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot.  It is an allegory about good and evil, the conflict between mankind's creative and destructive urges, the power of love, and the joy to be found in simple pleasures.  Dude is an Everyman who loses his innocence and fights to regain it.
  Title: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
  Passage: "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (commonly called "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "The Age of Aquarius" or "Let the Sunshine In") is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical "Hair" by James Rado & Gerome Ragni (lyrics), and Galt MacDermot (music), released as a single by American R&B group The 5th Dimension.  The song peaked at number one for six weeks on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 pop singles chart in the spring of 1969.  The single topped the American pop charts and was eventually certified platinum in the US by the RIAA.  Instrumental backing was written by Bill Holman and provided by session musicians commonly known as the Wrecking Crew.  The actual recording is something of a "rarity"; the song was recorded in two cities, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, then mixed together in the studio, afterwards.
  Title: Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)
  Passage: Two Gentlemen of Verona is a rock musical, with a book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare comedy of the same name.
  Title: Via Galactica
  Passage: Via Galactica is a rock musical with a book by Christopher Gore and Judith Ross, lyrics by Gore, and music by Galt MacDermot.  It marked the Broadway debut of actor Mark Baker.
  Title: Easy to Be Hard
  Passage: "Easy to Be Hard" is a song from the rock musical "Hair".  It was written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni, who put the musical together in the mid-1960s.  The original recording of the musical featuring the song was released in May 1968 with the song being sung by Lynn Kellogg, who performed the role of Sheila on stage in the musical.  The song was first covered by American band Three Dog Night on their 1969 album "Suitable for Framing", with the lead vocal part sung by Chuck Negron, and was produced by Gabriel Mekler.
citations: Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical) Galt MacDermot