Godspell
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 24, 2006
Closed Oct 22, 2006
Opened Sep 24, 2006
Closed Oct 22, 2006
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John Michael Tebelak's Godspell is based on the Gospel of Matthew, especially the parables. This production will depict Jesus' followers as a band of homeless people who are renewed by their contact with the Messiah. Through improvisation, narrative pantomime, and heartwarming song, the universal truths of the bible become a unique event. The cast and the audience laugh and cry as they study the foibles of human nature.
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Godspell is the playground of musical theater. Actors, directors, and other interpretive artists love it because of the freedom it allows them in terms of production style, musical approach, and comic ad-libbing. Of course, such license can lead to an unwatchable show in the wrong hands. Fortunately, the new Paper Mill Playhouse staging is among the best of the best I've ever seen of the beloved Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak musical.
As originally conceived and presented more than 35 years ago, Godspell is the story of Jesus and his disciples as retold by a bunch of folks in circus-clown-like makeup and costumes. At Paper Mill, director Daniel Goldstein instead has chosen to le[...]