Going for Galt: The Human Comedy extends

Musical-theater cultist that I am, I had been looking front for months to Astoria Performing Arts Center’s restoration of Galt McDermot and William Dumaresq’s underappreciated 1983 clap opera, The Human Comedy, which I bring forth enjoyed for years on CD excepting had never seen on its feet. When I for good and all trekked out to Queens to visit the show, I wasn’t disappointed: My four-doom review is in the magazine this week. Although the scrap itself has certain important flaws, notably in the bluntness of the libretto, MacDermot’s symphony is genuinely special; and APAC’s distinguished full-scale production, directed by Tom Wojtunik, strikes one impressive balance between simplicity and bustle. (Extra kudos to musical director Jeffrey Campos for the display’s stirring choral work.) The solitary problem was that The Human Comedy’s running was so short; it was scheduled to end this Saturday. But it’s my favor to break the news today that the product has extended its run by a week, through added performances at 8pm on May 26–28 and at 2pm on May 28. Tickets are just $18; they can and should be purchased here. (One gift to nonnatives of Queens: Give yourself more extra travel time, as the theater is located in a insane zone in which 30th Road, 30th Street, 30th Avenue and 30th Drive the whole of coexist within mere blocks of unit another—city-planning comedy of a totally unhuman kind.)