NEXT WEEK: Godspell (FREE online class)
Improvisational musical based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
Great news! FREE Monday classes from The Broadway Maven return next week.
On Monday, November 29 at Noon and 8 pm ET, we’ll be looking at Godspell, Stephen Schwartz’s first smash musical. How have different productions created their own interpretations of the show? What’s distinctive about numbers like “Prepare Ye The Way of the Lord” and “Day by Day”? And (gasp) what’s Jewish about the show?
Register at bitly.com/MavenGodspell.
Stephen Schwartz is hardly the only Jew to write Christian music. For homework, watch the video below and in the comments share your theory about why American Jews have written and performed so much Christmas music.