“Godspell” – Phoenix Theatre
Theater Review – April 22, 2018
REVISED “GODSPELL” NEEDS FURTHER UPDATING TO REMAIN RELEVANT
“GODSPELL”
Hormel Theatre, Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix, AZ
Back in 1971 when “Godspell” premiered off-Broadway, it was a revolutionary show with an early pop-rock Stephen Schwartz score, a now clichéd religious picture book look at Jesus and his followers, a Bible study version of his betrayal by his disciple Judas, and an over-staged crucifixion. About the same time as “Godspell,” Andrew Lloyd Webber chimed in with “Jesus Christ Superstar,” another view of the same thing but a show which recently had a dramatically successful rethinking on television.
Although “Godspell” was minimally revised in … Continue Reading