I love vacation.  It's so nice and relaxing.  It also gives me time to update my posts.

Sorry for the delay, yet again.  This is more work than I thought.  I haven't completely forgotten about this though.  Future posts might include musicals not known (i.e. Gone Missing and Hands on a Hard Body), as well as regular straight plays (i.e. Peter and the Starcatcher and Death of a Salesman).  Until I gain more info, I'll leave this questionnaire. 

1. Favorite show? I change them all the time, but currently, it's Godspell.
2. Favorite role you've played? Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical Jr.
3. Favorite show you've been in? Godspell Jr., it was the only one where I didn't deal with a ton of drama. (Drama, get it? Ha, I slay myself!)
4. Number of Broadway shows seen? None........ for now.
5. Last show you were in? RENT School Edition
6. Favorite song from a show? "Now (It's Just the Gas) from Little Shop of Horrors
7. Favorite dance number from a show you were in? "Cross the Line" from Big! The Musical
8. Dream role(s)?  TOO MANY. Madame Giry (Phantom of the Opera), Ellen (Miss Saigon), Smitty (How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying), Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), Jan or Rizzo (Grease)
9. Show you would like to see? Any show except Cats. But lately, I've really wanted to see The Little Mermaid, Annie Get Your Gun and Godspell again.
10. Show(s) that makes you cry? Les Miserables, Godspell, Miss Saigon, RENT, Chess, South Pacific
11. Show(s) that makes you happy? Hairspray, Hair, Book of Mormon, Mamma Mia, Legally Blonde, The Lion King, Wicked, Avenue Q, Singin' In The Rain
12. Ever worn a wig for a show? Yes I have, for Cinderella: The World's Favorite Fairy Tale.
13. Favorite costume worn? There are some I've liked because it's from my own wardrobe, but none are my favorite yet.
14. Cast you're closest with? RENT School Edition
15. Favorite movie based on a Broadway show? I'd say Les Miserables, but I haven't officially seen it yet. So I'll say the Charlie Brown TV series from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
16. Show you would mostly like to see? The Little Mermaid

Day Twenty: Godspell

My, we're at Day 20 already! Well, today's post is a 'guilty pleasure' musical I have, and that would be, for me, Godspell.

I probably shouldn't like this musical as much as I do because my friends are all sick of it (sick of the junior version, that is.) The junior version been done three times in the past four years, and the original has been done once (as far as I know.) According to some of my friends, it'll become as bad as Annie (I'm so not letting that happen!)

The show starts with God's voice saying: "My name is known: God and King. I am most in majesty, in whom no beginning can be and no end." The company members (which is very small, I think it's around eight people) pretend to be different philosophers (Socrates, Thomas Aquinas, da Vinci, etc.) sing about each of their philosophies, which are focused around God.

John the Baptist (whom is played by the same person playing Judas) calls the community to order and tells everyone the Lord is coming. He begins to baptize the company when Jesus comes, asking to be baptized as well. John instead tells Jesus that he isn't worthy to baptize such a holy person, and that Jesus should baptize John. Jesus states that his purpose is to come "save the people."

The company enacts various parables while Jesus teaches them the meanings behind them. Some include the widow & the Judge, the Pharisses & the tax collector, the Servant & Master, the Good Samaritan, Lazarus, No Man Can Serve Two Masters, the Beatitudes, the Sower of the Seeds, and the Prodigal Son.

For act two, Judas betrays Jesus as the rest of the company begins to cling to him even more. As they assemble for the Last Supper, Jesus reveals that one of them (hinting at Judas) will betray him. After going to the Garden of Gethsemane to think, he finds his followers all asleep.

Jesus finds Judas and tells him to crucify him. The company begins to attack Judas, but Jesus tells them ,"He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword" and that it must be done. After Jesus dies on the cross, the company take him down and bring his "corpse" either offstage or through the aisles as they are praising him and "hinting" he will resurrect. The End.

I like this show. It's catchy and I think that in order to be classified as a 'theatre person,' you must have been involved in the junior versions of either Godspell or Seussical (which is coming up on a later post.)

My favorite song from the show, "By My Side," makes me cry! (but not this recording, it isn't the greatest version, but it's recent!) (Just to warn you, the guy speaking in this is Judas narrating how he betrays Jesus; the girl speaking is the singer of the song.)