Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like this?
Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like this?
#1Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like this?
Posted: 8/5/08 at 7:08pm
Since we are all waiting for new shows to open.. I thought I post photos of Godspell~the production in 2006 from Papermill that would be revived on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. Also the revival will feature set design by David Korins (same designer who designed it at Papermill) I wonder if the Broadway Revival will have the same look? -J*
SCENIC DESIGN by David Korins. 
PRODUCTION PHOTOS: 
Updated On: 8/5/08 at 07:08 PM
#2re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/5/08 at 7:14pm
The Artwork: 
more photos:
https://www.papermill.org/stage/shows.php?ID=53
Well..this is what we all have for now! very excited for the Broadway Revival~can't wait!
J*
Gary Indiana
Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#2re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/5/08 at 8:38pmWhat is the hand on the bottom half of the logo supposed to mean?
#3re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/5/08 at 9:11pm
I really like the set from the Papermill production but it's so weird to see Godspell on such a big stage. I felt the same way about the 2001 tour (picture below).
#4re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/5/08 at 11:34pmUgh! I hope not! I'm not OVER the idea of Godspell set in a junkyard. It's been done so many times. I know Broadway isn't the place to take risks, so it'll probably look the same and have the same idea, but I think they should go the opposite extreme. Maybe put it in a ballroom, or something classier? I've never quite understood the story of Godspell (I mean, I get the Bible stuff), but where exactly are these people? Does the script mention anything specifically?
PJC
Swing Joined: 5/23/08
#5re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/6/08 at 2:53am
"What is the hand on the bottom half of the logo supposed to mean?"
I reckon it's a reference to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Gary Indiana.
Just a guess, though.
#6re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/6/08 at 9:44amBump! What exactly is the "famous" face suppose to be that is used so often in the artwork?
#7re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/6/08 at 9:51am
Is it just me or it looks like ReNT w/o the sculpture?
christmas lights- check!
scaffoldings- check!
J*
#8re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/6/08 at 10:19am
It also reminds me a little bit of the set for the original Two Gentlemen of Verona.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#9re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/6/08 at 10:22amGodspell is about the formation of a community and a church service John-Michael Tebelak would have liked. :)
#10re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/7/08 at 6:25pmBump
#11re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/7/08 at 9:34pmWhen I saw the show at the Papermill I thought it looked great. The set looked really good on stage. The cast was amazing so Im happy to hear some of the cast will be back!!!
#12re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/7/08 at 10:55pm
"What is the hand on the bottom half of the logo supposed to mean?"
Isn't it clear? He's got his finger up his s.
#13re: Photo Flashback : Godspell at Papermill~Would the Revival look like thi
Posted: 8/8/08 at 7:41amThe Paper Mill production didn't take place in a junkyard. It was in an empty theater where the group gathers to get out of the rain. That's where they find the scaffolding and props.
#14Prepare yee .. the way of .. the BORES
Posted: 8/8/08 at 8:06am
I couldn't think of a single reason to sit through another production of Godspell again. Now, after seeing these pics, I have a lot of reasons not to.
Thanks.
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