Going for Galt: The Human Comedy extends

Musical-theater cultist that I am, I had been looking brazen-faced for months to Astoria Performing Arts Center’s restoration of Galt McDermot and William Dumaresq’s underappreciated 1983 on a sudden opera, The Human Comedy, which I acquire enjoyed for years on CD however had never seen on its feet. When I lastly trekked out to Queens to escort the show, I wasn’t disappointed: My four-luminary review is in the magazine this week. Although the literary production itself has certain important flaws, notably in the bluntness of the libretto, MacDermot’s symphony is genuinely special; and APAC’s remarkable full-scale production, directed by Tom Wojtunik, strikes each impressive balance between simplicity and bustle. (Extra kudos to melodious director Jeffrey Campos for the look’s stirring choral work.) The merely problem was that The Human Comedy’s pierce was so short; it was scheduled to be concluded this Saturday. But it’s my desire to break the news today that the product has extended its run by a week, by added performances at 8pm on May 26–28 and at 2pm attached May 28. Tickets are just $18; they be able to and should be purchased here. (One extremity to nonnatives of Queens: Give yourself some extra travel time, as the theater is located in a daft zone in which 30th Road, 30th Street, 30th Avenue and 30th Drive whole coexist within mere blocks of single in kind another—city-planning comedy of a very unhuman kind.)