Olney Theatre Center launched
its 77th season with a joyful and uplifting production of the
musical Godspell. With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz who
went on to write Pippin and Wicked, and a book by John-Michael
Tebelak, the production opened off Broadway in 1971 and has become a staple of
high school and community theatre as well as numerous professional mountings
and tours since.
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| Photo by Stan Barouh |
Based on the Gospel of Matthew,
the show is a mixture of Scripture parables as told by Jesus loosely tied
together with songs and dance.
Godspell
at Olney is an updated version based on the 2011 Broadway revival. The original
1971 production had a hippie clown folk motif in keeping with that era. The
Olney production has more of a hipster, rock and amped vibe more in keeping
with the generation brought up on the musical Rent.
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