![]() ![]() An ensemble can also be added to the production if needed. Each character is also assigned a few character traits. In the revised script used for the 2011 Broadway revival, the names of the cast are again assigned to the non-Biblical roles: Nick, Telly, George, Anna Maria, Lindsay, Uzo, Morgan, and Celisse. All ten actors are on stage throughout the entirety of the production. In the original script, licensed through Theatre Maximus, the "Christ" character and the "John" and "Judas" role are assigned the names of the original performers, Stephen and David. The show features eight non- Biblical characters, who sing and act out the parables: Gilmer (silly, a great storyteller) Robin (a tomboy) Herb (goofy and entertaining) Jeffrey (happy and excited) Joanne (eager and enthusiastic) Lamar (clumsy and unintentionally funny) Peggy (shy and loyal) and Sonia (dramatic with a put-on sensuality). " Day by Day", from the original cast album, reached #13 on the Billboard pop singles chart in the summer of 1972. Several cast albums have been released over the years. An abbreviated one-act version of the musical designed for performers aged 18 and under also exists, titled Godspell Junior. Many productions have followed worldwide, including a 2011 Broadway revival. The show was rescored for an off-Broadway production, which opened on May 17, 1971, and became a long-running success. Godspell began as a project by drama students at Carnegie Mellon University and then moved to the off-off-Broadway theater La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end. ![]() Godspell is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with book by John-Michael Tebelak. ![]()
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