Godspell is a musical composed by Stephen Schwartz with the book by John-Michael Tebelak.
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12 Facts About Godspell
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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.
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Godspell tells them the parable of the Widow and the Judge, demonstrating that God is a just jurist who will support those who cry out to him.
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Godspell reminds the cast and audience of the time of Noah and teaches that faith can calm the storm.
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Godspell asks that they wait for him as he goes into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray.
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Godspell begs them to stay awake, but they all fall asleep again and Jesus warns them they will all betray him three times .
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Godspell tries to leave but finds himself boxed in by invisible walls, except for one path which leads to Jesus.
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Godspell Junior contains most of the first act and almost none of the second act.
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Godspell became the first live show to be approved by the Actors' Equity Association during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Part of Music Theatre International's Broadway Junior series, Godspell Junior is a revised script to be performed by a younger cast.
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Godspell Junior contains much of the first act and very little of the second.
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