[DramaRobin2002]

Heh, well I thought it was time for a new game! So here it is: You Know You Are Obsessed With Godspell When...........

#1. Anytime someone asks, "Where are you going?" you feel compelled to repeat it and sing, "Can you take me with you?"

#2. Whenever someone says, "Oh God." you chime in with, "I'm bleeding."

~~~Amy~~~

[Buff Daddy]

#3. When a bible reading is done in church, you start acting out that scene as it was in your production.

Buff

[Beagle On Stage]

#4. In church, you want to smack the choir member who had the nerve to sing a slow, minor-keyed, non-Godspell version of "Bless the Lord." Same for "All Good Gifts" and "Light of the World." Happened.

[Hortonhearsawho]

you go thrift shopping and say wow thats such a peggy thing to where (or anyother character)

everytime you see the superman shirt your like "hey..."

[Buff Daddy]

#5. In a bible study group, instead of reading the verison of the "Prodigal Son" in the bible in front of you, you do the version from Godspell

Buff

[Sara]

When somebody will say some random thing about nothing, and you can make a connection and break out into song! ...Always happens...

[Buff Daddy]

#7. When the highlight of your day is loggin onto m.n to see what people have posted on the Godspell forum

#8. When you join a "Godspellholics" support group online

Buff

[DramaRobin2002]

#9) Friends have to hold you back whenever you are in the proximity of a chain link fence, for fear that you may throw yourself on it and make quite a spectacle (has happened .......)

~~~Amy~~~

[littlemissbroadway]

or someone turns on a light and you immediately respond with you are the light of the world!

someone at dinner asks for the salt and you immediately say wait! if that salt has lost its flavor, it ain't go much in its favor

ANYTHING and EVERYTHING at church results in you turning to the kid next to you who happens to have played jesus and reciting a line or singing, in unison without talking about it

YEEHAW. i love GODSPELL!!!

~kate aka sonia*

[Eponine_Fantine]

this actually happened.
In my church youth group, we read the story about Lazarus and that rich guy...(don't know what to call it) and my sister and I looked at eachother and started cracking up and everyone was looking at us like we were mad!

[LadyRobin13]

-When you meet someone with a Godspell character name, you get the urge to break into that character's song in the show...
-You can watch the movie, rewind it, and watch it again!
-You dream of performing it!(again, for some of us )
-Anything Godspell related can make your day....

*Day by day
Day by day
Oh, dear Lord
Three things I pray......

And I loved everyone's comments- they are so true! Especially Buff Daddy's! It's good to be among fellow Godspellaholics!

[Buff Daddy]

[DramaRobin2002]

Welcome LadyRobin! As far as I know, this is one of the most active Godspell forums on the web, so you are amongst friends here . Anyway, adding another:

You know you are obsessed with Godspell when you have the urge to ask anyone with the same last name as one of the original cast members if they are related. For example: You meet someone with the last name Lamont. You immerdiately say, "Hey....you don't happen to know a Robin Lamont do you?" Of course you don't factor in that their last name may have changed or that there are probably a million people with the same last name........

~~~Amy~~~

[aktor28]

*After you see a production of the show you get Jesus' autograph and treasure it forever

[timmy_boy6]

While you're sitting around, bored with non-musical friends and out of nowhere you just sing "Wherefore, O men of Athens, i say to you...." and do the entire prolouge including the overlapping section where you attempt to sing all the parts by yourself.

You convince teachers to fit in a minimum of at least three godspell songs per school liturgy...

you've travelled to four states of australia to see different productions of godspell...

when you see a piano you have to attempt to (and this is the lack of my piano theory showing) run your finger along the keys like the beginning of turn back o man and it never sounds right coz i always forget which note it starts on (i think its a D)



i'd keep going, but after reading what i've written so far i'm sounding like a saad saaaad boy! : (

Timmy

[aktor28]

When you are getting prepared for a test, audition, etc. you sing "Prepare Ye'"

[Master Thespian]

Hey Timmy, did you mean "All For the Best", because that's the one where the piano goes up the line, not "Turn Back"

[Tom]

Turn Back opens with a five octave glissando starting on a low, low D. All For The Best opens with a G7 arpeggio. So both songs have piano intros with upward runs.

[Master Thespian]

Oh yeah, it does. Just remembered that.

[dramaqueen220222]

LMAO i am so obsessed with that show...we did it this year for our school play. I DONT WANT IT TO BE OVER!!! i made so many friends doing that show, and it's the 3rd year doing drama at my middle/high school. its really sad because some of my best friends were seniors and i am going to MISS THEM LIKE CRAZY!!
lol me and my friend lauren (a senior who doesnt want it to end so soon as well since she just started drama this year) started singing a "godspell medley" right in the middle of my cafeteria. ppl were staring at us like we were crazy

[morning_glow21]

when you intend on naming your first born

"Shoshana Joanne _________"

[dramaqueen220222]

when someone is depressed for some reason or another, you tell them its "all for the best" then you break out into the song.
*~allee~*


All-Star Role- Maria in West Side Story
Theme Song- On The Willows from Godspell

[nicky]

When you have dreams about watching the show with Victor Garber sitting behind you. It happened. I dreamed that he was in the seat behind me, in full costume and he leaned over a gave me a hug. Too Weird. Also when people ask you when you would go if you could go back in time, it's to see the Toronto production of Godspell with Victor Garber.

[Javert]

you slit ur wrists at the possibilty of listenin to "on the willows" again, or u break into a cold sweat as you think about the piss poor first act

[Buff Daddy]

[Buff Daddy]

I've come back to apologise. The fact that you had a bad experience of Godspell doesn't excuse me being rude and taking my crappy day out on you.

Sorry

Buff

[g'spell-newbie]

If you read his other post, you'll find it just as bad (or worse) than the one here.

I don't think he got as much out of Godspell as many of the rest of us did/do.

Sorry if I offend anyone -- I've been spending a lot of time on the misc. board here and the spunkiness has rubbed off.

And finally --- "Long live God, Long live God!"

[littlemissbroadway]

you know you are obsessed with godspell when...
you and the kid who played jesus are riding home from the theatre together (a year and a half later) in the rain and simultaneously sing...
soft refreshing rain...

that was tonight. ahhh this sonia loves her g'sepll fam!

[EponineGiry]

If you pray using the Godspell songs, and if someone has randomly come up to you and showed you the episcopalian 1982 Hymnal hymns with the words (but different tunes, of course) of O Bless The Lord My Soul and Day by Day.

[drakesmainer]

when youve seen 50 different productions in 23 different states in the span of a month and a half..and some of those productions you went more than once...like say seven times.... (friends say I need help )

[DramaRobin2002]

Yay for bumping old topics . ANyway, thought of a new one- When you go see a production of Godspell with some of your old cast members and can't help but do all of your choreography in your seat.

~~~Amy~~~

[(aerial)]

oh, boy, would that be annoying. I've never done that. (of course, I've not seen the show since I was in it . . .)

[drakesmainer]

[Buff Daddy]

[minesayrejoice]

You know you're obssessed with Godspell when you dedicate a portion of your life to spreading the Godspell (instead of the traditional gospell).

You know you're obssessed with Godspell when you read this topic...........

[drakesmainer]

you were walking around topwn with your cast and decided to crucify your Jesus on a telephone poll just for kicks...(is that sick?)

[Childofeden89]

hey-I'm new to this thread...
you know you're obsessed with Godspell when you can sing all of the songs and do all of the choreography from the entire show inserting dilogue with your cast's voices whenever.

I love Godspell!

[minesayrejoice]

When you can take on another's part without blinking an eye, with only one week until you go to competition! (D*** Jenni!)

I had to take on the role of John/Judas as well as being Jeffrey. Thank goodness the lines don't collide much in our cut, except the Beatitudes.

[g'spell-newbie]

You know you're obsessed with Godspell when....

....the Godspell board is the first one you check when you're logging on to musicals.net and you're just hoping to see new postings from your Godspell friends

[Eponine Poe]

You know you're obsessed with Godspell when...whenever you see a couch, you fall back dramatically, singing "dadadadadaaa..." like Joanne Jonas.
~*Ep*~

PS I honestly do that...it must be impulse...

[DramaRobin2002]

...when you see the wood lattice siding on the inside of you theater group's new shop and immediately joke that you could do Godspell in there because it would make a great fence. (Wasn't only me )

~~~Amy~~~

[drakesmainer]

when anything you see makes a great fence ...I never thopught of lattice before-thats a good one-cheaper too

[DramaRobin2002]

[kitkatchicka101]

...when you search "musicals" on google, find this website, and after signing up go straight tp the Godspell forum, while listening to the Godspell soundtrack and singing every word.

in my production, we did a smaller version which included "Beautiful City." i ate, slept, and breathed that song for 3 months. i cant listen to it to this day. but i still remember all the words.

[minesayrejoice]

I do that, too! Currently it's The Phantom of the Opera, but Godspell was the last one.

[Eponine Poe]

Hmmm...someone says the word 'junkyard' and you scream "Godspell!!"
and
When you are asked to draw a picture of JEsus in Sunday School Class, he turns out with an afro, a superman shirt, and interesting face makeup.

[onehitwonder]

When your ten year old son sits bolt upright during a sermon in which the minister mentions the words 'sheep and goats' in the same sentence.

[onehitwonder]

When you cheer because the Gospel reading appointed for this Sunday is Matthew 13 (at least in our church)

[liz_hearts_acting]

*Every time you see the names: Robin, Gilmer, Sonia, Joanne, Jeff, Merrell, Lamar, Herb, or Jerry, the characters in Godspell are the first things that come to mind

*When you see someone wearing Keds, you have the sudden impulse to say "It say Keds"

*You now have a favorite superhero: Superman

*Suddenly a junkyard doesn't seem like such a bad place to hang out

[Buff Daddy]

I've had 2 "Godspell moments" this last week:

1. Opened up the Australian Baptist Hymn Book (there was a box of chocolate sitting on top, so while I was eating, I was reading ) and the first page I opened to was "When wilt thou save the people, O Lord of Mercy when..." (Different tune, of course!)

2. At church on Sunday I had to sing "Prepare Ye". We (the piano player and drummer) had not practiced it at all and it went reasonably well until the last note when my voice failed. It still has fully recovered from having my tonsilis out about a month and a half ago. The piano player cracked up laughing at it Incidently, the piano player played Jesus in the production of Godspell I was in!

Buff

[BroadwaysOnlyLuv]

Oh man, I saw godspell at The artists studio and I went out and bought the soundtrack like a day later and was obsessed at that point lol. not only that I was in love with the guy who sang "We Beseech Thee" Trevor..he is a good friend and my camp counciler lol. I loved it though, it was hilarious, and I loved the songs

[liz_hearts_acting]

when youve only had your iPod for 1 day and all of the Godspell songs are on it.

[liz_hearts_acting]

or when your Bible teacher is reading the parable of the Sheep and the Goats and youre mouthing it word for word.

[A Wop Bam Boom!]

Whenever you see anyone get hit/slapped (on tv or wherever) you always say "Now then, turn and offer him your left cheek!"

IM OBSESSED! (or however you spell it!)

[Buff Daddy]

When you get to sing three Godspell songs at a concert with a large proportion of your original cast.

The theatre group I did Godspell with turned 25 this year so put on a concert with songs from the various shows they've done over the years. So I got to sing 3 songs from Godspell again - "Prepare Ye" (I sang the solo part), "God Save the People" and "Day by Day".

It was the best feeling singing those songs again with the old cast.

Buff

[drakesmainer]

when you make a habit of watching the new godspell entries on "youtube" every week or so

[ADistantMoonAgo]

haha i too force godspell songs upon our catholic school masses. i'm actually going to the director of them on monday and telling him that the next mass is going to be completely godspell cause our show is this month and there's nothing he can really do about it haha

-when you sit in a your room at 1:30 in the morning, like i am now, and all you can think about is how the "darkness is doubly dark!"

-when you bounce your friends on the head a la gilmer and jesus in the movie

-when you're playing gilmer and know that in your production you can't have a puppet but carry one around anyway

-you've photocopied your face.

-"keep the corners of your mouth turned up...etc." is the motto of your life

[Trevor]

You go to church in a Superman Tee and ripped jeans.

[BroadwayBeast]

When act like the character you played 2 years after the production and still sing your characters song as if you are still in the show.

When you wear your costume to school on Super Hero Day (Yes, It happened)

[Baker]

When at your cast party, the cast reeancts the Prologue just for fun and puts it on YouTube. Luckily we're smart enough not to tag it, as we end up in about 100 different keys throughout it.

[DreamingOfBroadway]

You know you're obsessed when you realize how much you are like your character and start refering to yourself as "A bit of a tomboy, but basically open and sweet."

[lovesinging]

So practically all of these so far describe me! I love these threads:)

-When you walk away from your Good Friday service and keep singing "long live God" all the way home.

-When you picture your communion service on a door and drink out of dixie cups.

-When you see kids fighting in bible school, you tell them to "turn and offer the left cheek"

-When someone says "Jesus Ch----" you go into the "slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch"(I have scared so many people)

[jrosec28]

-you are able to impersonate every single character on the Original Cast CD, quite well too
-you break into "Save the people" walking around town
-start to think that maybe stripes and plaid actually look good together
-you lovingly refer to Judas as "Judy"
-you want to go to New York just to find the fountain from the movie
-you the concider lillies of the feild

[Apollyon]

[Dram_babe57]

You know your obsessed when..

You have the entire 2001 national touring cast album on your ipod and play it over and over again because you miss musical practice

you see someone from the cast out in public and not at musical practice.. but you end up talking about the musical anyways

You hang out with the cast members on weekends.. even after you have already spent almost 48 hours with them during the entire week

You refer to "Jesus" out in public like hey jesus.. i mean and then you put your friends name in

You begin to look up and read the gospel of matthew over and over until you find out where each story comes from

you know almost every line everyone has in the cast including your own

[Tandrilion]

You know your obsessed when..

You see yourself dancing like Jesus (All for the Best) in the midle of your living-room, in front of your wife.

[SallyE]

You know you're obsessed when ... it's contagious.

My son was presenting awards after his production of a Shakespearean play, and in the middle turned and said "slowly I turn, step by step..." then looked at me and the actor who portrayed Jesus, who was next to me, and said "2 people got that!"

[WSSfan]

I saw the stage musical of Godspell twice--once in Boston and the other time in London! They were both excellent productions, but I thought the movie version of Godspell was dreadful.

[Undeniable]

- you get so caught up in the music that you forget Jesus dies at the end, then freak out once you remember.

- you're even happier than usual that you were raised Episcopalian.

- you wish you were a guy so you could play Jesus or Judas (and say this repeatedly within one day of listening to the music).

- you talk about how doing Godspell will end up causing weird conversations ("hey Jesus, come over here!") but at least it'll be less awkward than To Kill a Mockingbird ("WE NEED MORE STRONG BLACK MEN").

- while you're listening to By My Side, you start telling everyone around you that Judas and Jesus were BFFs and your friend threatens to kick you off your seat if you cry.

- you revive old-ish topics like this one.

[xxstagekiss]

[Undeniable]

[EhmagawdItsSarah]

• When at your school's pep rally, people do the rhythm to We Will Rock You (There once was a king percussion thing) You start doing

- There once was a king, yeah yeah, that thing

[Monkeegirl1960]

For like two years after godspell, you still did the whole Slowly I turn... thing.

It's been 5 years and you still have the whole show memorized

You and a few fellow cast members still remember everything and laugh and sing and dance like idiots when certain things are said.

[yumitstheatre]

You know you're obsessed with Godspell, when you cry every time Jesus dies...

When opening/giving presents, you feel compelled to sing 'All Good Gifts'

Upon passing willow trees, 'On The Willows' is the only logical song to sing.

Upon mentioning Greece, 'Wherefore, O men of Athens...' comes pouring out of your mouth without you realizing it.

You randomly integrate 'Jesus Loves Me This I Know, For the Bible Tells Me So' into every day conversation (That was probably just our production that had it--we put it in after the slapping sequence)

Upon entering the auditorium you performed it in with old cast mates, you immediately start acting out scenes, interjecting lines of those not present (whether it be they graduated, or weren't in the particular show)

(= Godspell=love.