Thursday, June 14, 2012

Godspell Will Close on Broadway June 24

Broadway's first-ever revival of the legendary rock musical Godspell will play its final performance at the Circle in the Square Theatre, 1633 Broadway at 50th Street, Sunday, June 24.
 
Godspell began its Broadway run on Oct. 13, 2011 and officially opened on Nov. 7, 2011 after a prior production had failed to raise enough funds to open on Broadway. This production opened investment to theater lovers and "regular" folks with contributions as small as $1,000. At the time of its closing, the  productions, directed by Daniel Goldstein, with out-of-the-box choreography by Christopher Gattelli, will have played 30 preview performances and 264 regular performances.
 
Godspell will launch its first national tour in the 2013-2014 theater season.

If you already saw this revival, or if you were thinking you might want to see it, catch Corbin Bleu as Jesus if you can before the show closes. I recently revisited Godspell when he took over the role following the departure of Hunter Parrish and was impressed with his interpretation of Jesus as a caring, teacher of authority. You can read my original review of the show by clicking here.

Shout out to producer Ken Davenport who does his best to keep God on the stage in New York (another of his shows was the popular Off-Broadway Altar Boyz). What can we be praying about for you next, Ken?

The regular weekly performance schedule is as follows:
Tuesdays at 8; Wenesdays at 2:30pm; Thursday and Friday evenings at 8; Saturdays at 2:30 and  8 pm; Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30 pm. Tickets are $79.50 - $135 and are available by calling 212-239-6200 or by visiting the box office or www.telecharge.com/godspell.  Group sales: 1-855-329-2932.

--Lauren Yarger
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Carolyn said...

Thanks for encouraging people to see it; we saw it with Corbin Bleu and liked his interpretation as well. The actors are so interactive with the audience and have such energy and joy! It's a small theatre and an amazing experience!

June 14, 2012 at 7:39 PM

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Lauren Yarger has written, directed and produced numerous shows and special events for both secular and Christian audiences. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the Vermont Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.” She also has written two other dinner theaters, sketches for church services and devotions for Christian artists. Her play concept, "From Reel to Real: The Jennifer O'Neill Story" was presented as part of the League of professional Theatre Women's Julia's reading Room Series in New York. Shifting from reviewing to producing, Yarger owns Gracewell Productions, which produced the Table Reading Series at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT. She trained for three years in the Broadway League’s Producer Development Program, completed the Commercial Theater Institute's Producing Intensive and other training and produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene that toured nationally and closed with an off-Broadway run. She was a Fellow at the National Critics Institute at the O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. She wrote reviews of Broadway and Off-Broadway theater (the only ones you can find in the US with an added Christian perspective) at http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com/.

She is editor of The Connecticut Arts Connection (http://ctarts.blogspot.com), an award-winning website featuring theater and arts news for the state. She was a contributing editor for BroadwayWorld.com. She previously served as theater reviewer for the Manchester Journal-Inquirer, Connecticut theater editor for CurtainUp.com and as Connecticut and New York reviewer for American Theater Web.

She is a Co-Founder of the Connecticut Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women. She is a former vice president and voting member of The Drama Desk.

She is a freelance writer and playwright (member Dramatists Guild of America). She is a member if the The Outer Critics Circle (producer of the annual awards ceremony) and a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, serving as Co-Founder of the Connecticut Chapter. Yarger was a book reviewer for Publishers Weekly A former newspaper editor and graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, Yarger also worked in arts management for the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and served for nine years as the Executive Director of Masterwork Productions, Inc. She lives with her husband in West Granby, CT. They have two adult children.

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