‘Godspell’ is less a traditional musical than a combination praise service and theater-games exercise.
Theater
Hidden Treasures: The plays of Teresa Deevy
The plays of an forgotten Irish playwright brought satisfyingly into the present.
Kushner Meets Chesterton: Capitalism, communism and an Intelligent Guide
There is only secular religion in Tony Kushner’s new play, and yet religion it is.
Laughs and Gasps: The many emotions of Broadways new season
This season on Broadway, misery may love company, but its best friend is comedy.
Stage Presence: A spirituality of theater
The analogies between theatergoing and churchgoing are easy to make.
Our Sacred Selves: The mystery of the human body
Jacques Maritain once said the face is naturally sacred. Yet so is the whole body.
Fan Favorites: ‘Lombardi’ and ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’
‘Lombardi’ and ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ look at two grand American figures
Mining Talent: The populism of ‘The Pitmen Painters’
In “The Pitmen Painters” a group of men take up a cultural pursuit uncommon to their class.
An American Tragedy: August Wilson’s ‘Fences’ and race on Broadway
A string of race-themed shows on Broadway have struck chords with audiences eager to see the subject dramatized–or at least broached.
