Shows · Via Galactica

Via Galactica

Opened 1972

7 performances

Musical, Revolution

1972 VIA GALACTICA Broadway Window Card Uris Theatre Raul Julia EXCELLENT RARE — eBay seller listing photograph

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.

"A musical of the future … Road to the stars,": the show's own period marketing line.

Music: Galt MacDermot
Lyrics: Christopher Gore
Book: Christopher Gore, Judith Ross

Productions1 on Broadway

1972

UrisBroadway Original, opened November 28, 1972, directed by Peter Hall

7 performances

Recordings 1 recording

2015

Billy Butler Plays Via Galactica Kilmarnock, released April 13, 2015

Worldwide

“Goldie Hawn for Via Galactica,”

Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum, p. 28

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