“All Good Gifts”– The Story Behind the Song
When John-Michael Tebelak was first piecing together the college production of Godspell, he remembered a harvest song in the Episcopal hymnal that is sometimes performed at Thanksgiving services with...
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Stephen Schwartz Launched His Career with Godspell
Stephen Schwartz and Godspell History In 1971, twenty three year old Stephen Schwartz launched his legendary songwriter career with Godspell—a show that quickly became a box office hit in productions...
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Magic for Godspell
When John-Michael Tebelak developed the idea for Godspell, he focused on Jesus as a teacher and didn’t include Bible stories about miraculous healing. But Tebelak and the other show creators did want...
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Godspell’s Unique Collaborative History
Godspell is one of the few musicals that its first cast members helped to create. The new book The Godspell Experience: Inside a Transformative Musical reveals the full behind-the-scenes story. Actors...
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Godspell Movie Origins
The Godspell Movie Origins: From Ideas to the Top of the World The Godspell movie will be part of the Easter lineup on the Turner Classic Movies channel this year, as it often is. (It’s on DVD as...
View ArticleGodspell Lyric Sources
Stephen Schwartz’s credit for Godspell is “music and new lyrics.” On this list of lyric sources, you’ll see which song lyrics were adapted or drawn from hymns, and which were original to Schwartz....
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Remembering the Godspell Opening 50 Years Later
by Carol de Giere When the new musical Godspell opened officially on May 17, 1971, no one knew what might happen. Audiences had been loving it during previews, but the critics who would release their...
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