Sissy Spacek Musical?

I saw Via Galactica. It was dreadful with some very interesting elements. Most interesting was that while not on earth, the stage floor was a series of trampolines. There was also a lead character – a scientist – who seemed to be a floating head. He traveled the stage in a device that allowed him to move between the trampolines and even rise up and down. At the end, when everyone had to escape the planet, he was flown out by two cables that dropped in from the flies.

The worst element was the headpieces of the those who were escaping the authoritarian regime of earth. They literally wore dunce caps that had a spiral on them similar to a barber's pole. Like a barber's pole, they spun and the overall effect was ridiculous and laughable.

The music was by Galt McDermott, who did write Hair. Years later, there was an orchestral release of the music, but without the voices and dynamic sound of an original cast, the album is terrible (I owned it).

There were some interesting casting. Ralph Carter and Irene Cara were both in the cast. As written below, Raul Julia was the romantic lead. It was also directed by Peter Hall, a renown British director at the time. And, yes it did open the Uris – now Gershwin – theater.

Updated On: 3/27/20 at 04:52 PM