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Via Galactica

Shows · Via Galactica

Via Galactica is a rock musical with a book by Christopher Gore and Judith Ross, lyrics by Gore, and music by Galt MacDermot. Originally titled Up!, the futuristic plot follows social outcasts living on an asteroid in outer space in the year 2972.

Opened
1972
Performances
7
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Galt MacDermotLyrics: Christopher GoreBook: Christopher Gore, Judith Ross

Productions1 on Broadway

1972 Uris Original. November 28, 1972 · Peter Hall 7 performances

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In the literature31 passages

The Uris opened on November 28, 1972, with Gait MacDermot's spectacular rock musical, Via Galactica, starring Raul Julia and Virginia Vestoff as space beings in the year 2972. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p339

The Uris opened with a short-lived musical, Via Galactica, which had music by Galt MacDermot and lyrics by Christopher Gore. The show ran for only 7 performances. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p215

Via Galactica, written with Christopher Gore, had a combined run of twenty-three performances. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p157

MacDermot's rock musical scores include Hair (1968), Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971), Dude (1972), and Via Galactica (1972); the first two succeeded while the latter two failed. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p244

he has still another show [Via Galactica] coming in this season book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p281

Bring back Via Galactica [1972]—at least they had trampolines. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p615

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