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Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 10w, 12m
Book by William DumaresqBased on the novel by William SaroyanMusic by Galt MacDermot
"Like Our Town, which it resembles in so many ways, The Human Comedy concerns life and death and growing up in a small community... Along with its poignancy and heartfelt feeling for home, the adaptation captures Saroyan's joie de v…
A pop folk opera about small town life in America during the early days of World War II produced in New York by Joseph Papp.
The Human Comedy opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on 5 April 1984. The musical premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater just a few months earlier, on 28 December 1983. Directed by Wilford Leach, the production featured Josh Blake, Gordon Connell, Laurie Franks, Leata Galloway, Stephen Geoffreys, Don Kehr, Joseph Kolinski, Bonnie Koloc, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Caroline Peyton and Rex Smith.
“Funny, charming and touching... a stirring flight of musical fancy.” – WCBS-TV
“Like Our Town, which it resembles in so many ways, The Human Comedy concerns life and death and growing up in a small community... Along with its poignancy and heartfelt feeling for home, the adaptation captures Saroyan’s joie de vivre.” – Christian Science Monitor
“MacDermot and Dumaresq’s sung-through vignettes are, like Porgy and Bess, best defined as an American folk opera.” – Curtain Up
“Funny, charming and touching... a stirring flight of musical fancy... This has to be the most inspired, inventive and downright pleasurable music to grace Broadway in a long, long time.” – WCBS-TV
“MacDermot’s plain, open faced style [is] a melange of jazz, rock and gospel... ideally suited to the sturdy values of familial love, courage and patriotism that Saroyan so sentimentally celebrated.” – Newsweek
Piano-Conductor 1 Reed 1 (Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Soprano and Tenor Saxophones) 1 Reed 2 (Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto and Baritone Saxophones) 2 Trumpets 1&2 2 Trombones 1&2 1 Percussion 1 Guitar 1 Violin 1 1 Violin 2 1 Viola 1 Cello 1 Bass
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 1) 1 Piano-Conductor (Act 2) 22 Vocal Books 1 Reed 1 1 Reed 2 2 Trumpets 1&2 2 Trombones 1&2 1 Percussion 1 Guitar 1 Violin 1 1 Violin 2 1 Viola 1 Cello 1 Bass
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 1) 1 Piano-Conductor (Act 2) 22 Vocal Books
Novelist, short-story writer, dramatist and essayist William Saroyan (1908-1981) was born in Fresno, California. A high-school dropout, Saroyan was largely self-educated and decided at an early age to pursue a career as a writer, drawing on his experience as an Armenian-Ameri ...
Galt MacDermot (1928-2018). Two-time Grammy and Tony Award-winning composer Galt MacDermot is best known for the music he wrote for the Broadway scores of HAIR and Two Gentlemen of Verona. He garnered his first Grammy for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His work spans the g ...