GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008
GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#1
Posted: 10/15/07 at 12:58pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111901.html
"The first Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell is scheduled to arrive at a Shubert theatre to-be-announced in summer 2008.
Daniel Goldstein will direct the production with choreography by Christopher Gattelli. Casting will be announced at a later date.
The upcoming production, produced by Adam Epstein, will reunite the creative team of the 2006 production of Godspell at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, which was helmed by Goldstein: scenic designer David Korins, costume designer Miranda Hoffman, lighting designer Ben Stanton and sound designer Randy Hanson."
Updated On: 10/15/07 at 12:58 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/07
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#2
Posted: 10/15/07 at 12:59pm
Oh yay!! I was so excited--I just announced this to my entire video technology class!
...and nobody cared.
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#3
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:15pmso excited. love godspell.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#4
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:17pmCan Michael Arden please be Jesus.
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#5
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:18pmI see the ads now: "From the composer of WICKED"
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#6
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:18pmmaybe now Shoshana can actually be on Broadway again
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#7
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:25pmGodspell is an intimate show that doesn't belong in a big Broadway house.
Stand-by Joined: 11/28/06
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#8
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:29pmI hope they make the cast up of all unknowns! NEW TALENT TO BROADWAY!
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#9
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:30pm
What house is it going to take? Aside from the Helen Hayes, I can only think of Circle in the Square... I thought that was taken. Hmm.
As far it coming to Broadway again, I haven't seen the show before, and I'm not all that big on Schwartz. There's only ONE Stephen in THIS fella's 'World of Musical Theatre' -- So, I guess I'll give it a shot somewhere down the road -- If this one even MAKES it. We'll see. Heehee!
Joined: 12/31/69
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#10
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:34pm
Who knows what might be available next summer. I think it's a good idea- the Wicked Kids will run to see it, it's great for church groups, schools. If everyone who ever worked on a production of it goes to see it, it'll run for years.
Now, let's get the Pippin revival going.
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#11
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:36pmI agree with you about the Pippin revival. That seems more important than Godspell, but I do love Godspell!
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#12
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:39pm
WHY? We don't need a new production of Godspell. If there is a Schwartz piece that deserves reviving it's Pippin.
Swing Joined: 10/23/06
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#13
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:40pm
I am so BEYOND excited for this.
I just did the show over the Summer and enjoyed it immensely. I can't wait to see the cast list!
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#14
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:43pmWhy would anyone want to revive this piece of crap? Leave it to the high schools where it belongs.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#15
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:44pmI agree about PIPPIN - and THAT'S what Michael Arden should be doing.
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#16
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:50pmBARF! Isn't Jesus represented enough on Broadway (and on this board)?
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/07
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#17
Posted: 10/15/07 at 1:55pmDefinitely bring in Pippin over this! Maybe this will wind up like Treasure Island.
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#18
Posted: 10/15/07 at 2:10pm
What the hell?! Where did this come from?!
Seriously, though, I'm excited. I grew up on the original Off-Off-Broadway recording with the guy you could hear in every single track even when he was in a group. The guy who sang "All Good Gifts".
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#19
Posted: 10/15/07 at 2:21pmI am one happy camper! The article mentioned a Shubert house, maybe the Belasco? Great atmosphere for that show!
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#20
Posted: 10/15/07 at 2:25pmWhy - with so many shows that need a revival - do they keep reviving the same shows over and over again?
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#21
Posted: 10/15/07 at 2:26pmwould love shoshana to be in this. i mean she sings the crap out of "Bless The Lord."
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#23
Posted: 10/15/07 at 2:27pmWould LOVE to see Pippin as well.
re: GODSPELL returns to Broadway, summer 2008#24
Posted: 10/15/07 at 2:28pm
I'm a huge fan of this show, but I'm a fan of the original production. I'm not much for radical rethinkings of a show that was beautiful in its simplicity the first time around. The set was nothing more than a chain link fence and a couple of saw horses. The talent of the cast was enough to keep the audience focused.
If it takes a Shubert house, i'm hoping for the Booth or the Music Box.
I'm excited, but very worried at the same time. I have this post-Wicked image of Jesus being hurled up to the rafters on a cherry-picker during his second "Oh God, I'm dyiiinnnnnggggg!"
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