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#1

GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 6/20/08 at 9:45pm

Just announced on broadway.com that the revival of Godspell starring Gavin Creel will begin previews on Spetember 29, 2008 at the Ethel Barrymore theatre, with an official opening on October 23, 2008.

*Here's hoping that the next few years will bring in revivals of both "Working" and "Pippin."

~Ben
#2

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 6/20/08 at 9:49pm

Also, here's hoping to a healthy successful run for this amazing show.I was wondering though, if I was mistaken, but the Barrymore seems to be a hard theatre to fill, the last two tenants (Company, November) haven't exactly been sellouts, and I wonder if this show will do "okay" in this theatre. I've always felt this show comes across best in an intimate setting. I know many felt the circle in the square theatre would be ideal for this, however I thought Godspell may have fared well in the Helen Hays post Xanadu... any thoughts?
#3

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Posted: 6/20/08 at 9:49pm

Im so excited to see what gavin brings to godspell. it should be interesting!

IAP ALUMNI -Music and Theatre Major Class of 07.
#5

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Posted: 6/20/08 at 10:00pm

Julie Reiber is only contracted to stand by in the New York company of WICKED through September 21st.

Could this be because she's reprising her role in GODSPELL from the Papermill production for Broadway?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#8

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Posted: 6/21/08 at 1:19am

So excited for this show!
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
#10

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 1:16am

Regarding casting, does anybody know anything about Diana DeGarmo being cast in Godspell. This blog (linked below) states she will be in the show with Gavin Creel but I have no idea how credible the claim is:

[Quote]Anyway, so it looks like we're in for the Broadway return of Diana DeGarmo, who I like and thought was a great Penny Pingleton. No, she's not going back to Hairspray. She's going to Hairspray producer Adam Epstein's other show, Godspell. So, that makes like her, Gavin Creel, Telly Leung, and, oh wait, I stopped caring already. That was quick.[/quote]


link to blog
#11

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 2:15am

I'm sorry, but I do not like WORKING. Although, I do like the housewife song and the mill worker song. Besides that...I thought the show was pretty dumb.

But back to the main topic...I'm uber excited for this revival as I love the show.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#12

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Posted: 7/7/08 at 7:42am

Celisse Henderson (of the recent JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA concert at Carnegie Hall and the WICKED tour) was credited with having been cast in the GODSPELL revival in a recent press release about a workshop she was doing.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#13

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:15am

"What role is Ethel Barrymore doing?"

The chainlink fence.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#14

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Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:56am

I know that Uzo Aduba will be in the GODSPELL cast. She was in the production of DESSA ROSE here in Boston and had it credited in her bio that she will be in this production. Her voice is AMAZING, and I can't wait to see how she'll be used.
#15

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:13am

Morgan James who was in PIRATES! at Paper Mill is going to be a swing. I saw her sing at Monday Nights, New Voices back in May and she was amazing.

Updated On: 7/7/08 at 11:13 AM

#16

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:58am

Amanda15, I was wondering the same thing. If anyone has any info on this, please let us know :)
#17

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Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:17pm

Dana Steingold from the Spelling Bee tour is in it! I LOVE HER and will make a trip to NYC for sure. I saw her in Tampa last year and I went again when the tour came back through FL a few months ago. I met her and AKB and asked what they were doing next and AKB said "well, Dana knows what she's doing" and told us it was GODSPELL. She seemed embarrassed and said she really couldn't believe it still and was so excited. And a friend recently saw her in a concert and her bio stated it, so I guess it is definite. All the best to her. She is ridiculously talented, always so kind and probably the cutest person!!! I hope AKB makes a blog announcement!
#19

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Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:26pm

I think the run is open-ended
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing
#20

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:41pm

A limited run of a commercial production of a musical?

No.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#21

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Posted: 7/7/08 at 1:06pm

With previews set to begin in September, shouldn't they be doing a press release soon with all the cast members? I'm excited about the show and the entire cast and am hoping the rumor about Diana D., is true.
#23

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Posted: 7/7/08 at 1:19pm

Diana DiGarmo seems to be putting a lot of shows on her resume. Good for her. She is a great singer.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#25

re: GODSPELL sets opening/preview dates

Posted: 7/7/08 at 2:03pm

Hopefully she would be singing 'Bless the Lord'
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

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