Theater
August, 1973
"This is my last commercial fling," announced director Peter Hall when he began rehearsals for the $900,000 spaceage musical Via Galactica. He immediately regretted his choice of words. "What is flung," he realized, "comes down with a crash." Two months later, Hall's words proved prophetic. Galactica opened at the plush new Uris Theater--the largest on Broadway--received disastrous notices, was shunned by the paying public and closed five days later.Galactica was th...
