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Full-Length Musical, Dramatic Comedy / 10w, 12m
William Saroyan, William Dumaresq, Galt MacDermot
Book by William Dumaresq Based on the novel by William Saroyan Music 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.
"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 "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... [and] ideally suited to the sturdy values of familial love, courage and patriotism that Saroyan so sentimentally celebrated." - Newsweek
Piano-Conductor1 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&22 Trombones 1&21 Percussion1 Guitar1 Violin 11 Violin 21 Viola1 Cello1 Bass
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 1)1 Piano-Conductor (Act 2)22 Vocal Books1 Reed 11 Reed 22 Trumpets 1&22 Trombones 1&21 Percussion1 Guitar1 Violin 11 Violin 21 Viola1 Cello1 Bass
1 Piano-Conductor (Act 1)1 Piano-Conductor (Act 2)22 Vocal Books
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 ...