Godspell

About the show

Godspell is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end. An earlier version was staged at Carnegie Mellon University in 1970; the version with Stephen Schwartz’s score opened in 1971.