GODSPELL  at Circle In The Square

(Seen February 5, 2012) 


Forty years after it first opened off-Broadway, GODSPELL is revived on Broadway with some awkward touches of contemporary times insinuated into the story line.  Unfortunately, that is not the only thing that doesn't work.

The carnival-type setting with acrobatics, and solo singing and dancing 'turns', somehow works against this story of Jesus and his followers.  And  the attempts at clever dialogue with contemporary references, falls completely flat.

Another added aspect has each performer trying to outdo  one another, and you get the feeling that a bunch of 'wanna-bes' are showing off, demonstrating how talented  they think they are!  There is a total lack of flow and cohesion, and we have spurts of familiar songs buried in a mish-mash of hyper-activity.