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RainbowJude
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Joined: Wed May 14, 2003 8:33 am Posts: 3056 Location: Musical Cyberspace
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 GODSPELL Revival Reviews
All right, I'll kick off by posting a link to one review: Peter Filichia's. These were the points that I found interesting. I'm quite pleased to hear someone say this about the number. The number doesn't really confuse me, but I think it is jarring. What do others around here think? Given that some Christians today act as though they are easily led and simple-minded, I'm not surprised this idea exists in Godspell at some level, although I've never perceived the show in that way myself. At any rate, it's a very positive review overall. Like Filichia, I also think it will be a bigger audience hit than a critical one. Godspell often is.
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Brother Marvin Hinten, S.
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Joined: Thu Apr 18, 2002 2:48 pm Posts: 1503 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island
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 Re: GODSPELL Revival Reviews
I'll help you whip through this quicker: AM New York (1.5 stars): Backstage (negative, positive for the cast): The Faster Times (mixed to negative) Variety (negative): Time Out NY (Adam Feldman) (negative):  |  |  |  | Quote: Reorchestrated and sound-designed for young, modern ears, this Godspell sounds like a born-again Glee, and several performers have moments to shine (including Uzo Aduba, Telly Leung and the wonderful Lindsay Mendez). Capering through Christopher Gattelli's joyous choreography, on David Korins's continually surprising set, the actors are nothing if not energetic. But for all the copious tributes paid to him, Jesus is a thankless role, and Hunter Parrish is this production's sacrifice to it; with a voice and presence as light as his ultra-blond locks, Parrish preaches softly and wears a creepily forced smile. This is Jesus as Stepford twink, and it's regrettably in keeping with a show that, in its combination of bathos and kitsch, is a model of bad faith. |  |  |  |  |
Talkin' Broadway (Matthew Murray) (positive): Hollywood Reporter (negative): Newsday (negative) Theatermania (mixed to positive) Philadelphia Inquirer (very positive) New York Times (mixed to negative): Bloomberg (full on pan): AP (mixed to positive):  |  |  |  | Quote: That might seem strange coming from a musical that is based on the New Testament's Gospel of Matthew, but this Christ, played by Hunter Parrish ("Spring Awakening"), is, in a word, milquetoast.
He's earnest and pretty and wide-eyed, but lacks an ounce of charisma, a dangerous failing for anyone attempting to play the Savior. Fittingly, he passes on wearing the traditional Superman T-shirt in favor of a baseball jersey. (The number on the back? No. 1, of course.)
Thankfully, the rest of the 10-person cast — scary-talented and many in their Broadway debuts — distract any shortage of magnetism, making this hippy-dippy show funny, infectious and reverent. Blessed indeed are the followers. |  |  |  |  |
The Village Voice (Michael Musto) (mixed to positive): New York Post (two and a half stars) New York Magazine (very positive) Entertainment Weekly ("C-") USA Today (very positive) Wall Street Journal (liked it) OnStage with Roma Torre (rave)
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