Via Galactica

Via Galactica is a rock musical with a book by Christopher Gore and Judith Ross, lyrics by Gore, and music by Galt MacDermot. Originally titled Up!, the futuristic plot follows social outcasts living on an asteroid in outer space in the year 2972. Among them is Gabriel Finn, a space sanitation man who collects trash in a clamshell-shaped garbage ship called the Helen of Troy. The first show staged at the brand-new Uris Theatre on Broadway, after fifteen previews, the production opened on November 28, 1972, directed by Peter Hall, produced by George W. George, and choreographed by George Faison.