Godspell
Friday, October 16, 2015 8:00PM Mathile Theatre - Schuster PAC
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Godspell
Written by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, Godspell is a musical made up of a series of parables.
Godspell grips the audience by introducing them to an ensemble of changing characters and featuring some very well known music. Included is the song “Day by Day,” which reached #13 on the billboard pop singles chart in the summer of 1972.
Based on the Gospel of Matthew, the show stresses Jesus' humility and compassion, reinforcing that he's a hero for secular humanists as well as the pious. Whether you go for it depends not on your religious affiliation, but on your tolerance for the format; it can suggest a giddily earnest children's program, with Jesus cast as the firm but likable teacher and his disciples as eager but often unruly students.
Godspell first opened on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 22nd, 1976. It was later revived on Broadway the The Circle in The Square Theatre on November 11th, 2011.
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