K. Ayato (post: 1475060) wrote:Godspell
Ah, Godspell! My church did that one last year. Was kind of interesting seeing Aussies playing quasi-American-style characters! The death/Resurrection scene had songs that still send chills down my spine!
Warrior 4 Jesus (post: 1475046) wrote:Revelation. That would be one dark spectacle. The story of Creation would also be pretty awesome.
Yeah, that would be cool to do (I love Revelation!) Insanely tricky, but cool! I reckon Creation would be interesting as well, as you already have the vocal aspect to it ]This is an interesting topic to me, since I participate in musical theatre regularly as a pit orchestra member. Recently I played for
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which is probably another show that should be mentioned in this genre.
My gut reaction to the idea of "Christian musicals" is that there aren't that many, and those that exist are mainly smaller, less well-known shows like the OP mentions. But just as with watching anime, when things will jump out at you whether or not the creator was specifically Christian, the same will be true of many musicals. (And just as with anime, there will be a lot of trash in musicals, and some that for the individual Christian will be over the line of what one is comfortable watching.) For instance, while the content of
Joseph is very watered-down, there is a song near the end of Act I called "Close Every Door" in which Joseph is lamenting in prison after the episode with Potiphar. In one line he expresses his faith that he and his fellow Israelites have been promised "a land of our own."
That sends chills down my spine every time.
Not sure if this answer is anything other than too long, but hopefully it is at least somewhat helpful.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. With musicals, and any production for that matter, you're always gonna run the risk of having someone's own views & ideas portrayed that may not be Biblically accurate.
I suppose a couple of film examples of that would be 10 Comandments & The Prince of Egypt, although POE actually displays at the start that it's not strictly Biblical.