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''Godspell'' is a musical rendition of [[The Bible
The musical mostly uses lyrics from pre-existing Episcopal hymns, but with completely new melodies composed by Schwartz (plus one song from a fellow student of Tebelak and member of the original cast); it also showcases many of the more famous parables from the Gospels. The story is told in a light-hearted, almost vaudevillean style; indeed, in the original stage production and [[The Movie]] version, the characters dressed up as clowns, symbolizing their conversion. From a production standpoint, it can be run with a ''very'' small cast (four or five musicians and ten actors), and the stage direction are quite vague: each production is advised to come up with their own settings, costumes and contexts for the show, and ad libbing and audience participation is encouraged. Long story short: this is an easy production for theatres of any size, quality and shape to take and make their own (which is part of why it's been financially successful). Finally, it isn't particularly preachy, which helps keep it accessible to all audiences.
It was released the year after the ''other'' 70's-rock-musical-about-Jesus ''[[
The most recent Broadway revival ran from October 13, 2011, to June 24, 2012, and starred [[Weeds|Hunter]] [[Spring Awakening|Parrish]], [[Grease|Lindsay Mendez]], Uzo Aduba, [[Hannah Montana|Anna Maria]] [[Camp Rock|Perez de Taglé]], and more.
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