Godspell (an archaic spelling of the word gospel) is a 1970 musical. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals. Several cast albums have been released over the years and one of its songs, "Day By Day" from the original cast album, reached #13 on the Billboard pop singles chart in the summer of 1972.
The structure of the musical is that of a series of parables, taken primarily from the Gospel of Matthew. These are then interspersed with a variety of modern music. It started as a college project performed by students at Carnegie Mellon University and moved to La Mama in Greenwich Village. It was then re-scored for an off-Broadway production that was a long-running success.We are practicing now, and the show starts in November. It's a lot of fun and great music!
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