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Love, compassion, kindness: After 50 years, ‘Godspell’ messages still resonate

The musical “Godspell” premiered off-Broadway 54 years ago. Consisting of parables from the Gospel according to Matthew, the ...
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‘You Had To Be There’ Review: Delightful Romp Recalls 1972 Toronto ‘Godspell’ That Launched Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy & More – Toronto Film Festival

The original 1971 off-Broadway production of the musical Godspell starred Stephen Nathan as Jesus, David Haskell as John the Baptist/Judas and such fellow talents as Herb Braha and Peggy Gordon who ...
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Eugene Levy and Martin Short on How a 1972 Toronto Production of ‘Godspell’ Changed the Course of Their Careers and Comedy History

Would comedy be the same without the 1972 Toronto production of “Godspell”? So many of the performers who turned “SCTV” and “Saturday Night Live” into cultural phenomenons in the ’70s and ’80s and ...
Variety

Eugene Levy and Martin Short on How a 1972 Toronto Production of ‘Godspell’ Changed the Course of Their Careers and Comedy History

“It feeds the myth,” says Davis. “If we had footage of Loch Ness Monster, it wouldn’t be the Loch Ness Monster.” Ahead of the film’s Toronto premiere, two of the figures who made “Godspell” so mythic, ...