I'm all for cross-casting major roles in the "god" musicals -- one of my favorite productions of JCS had a female Simon* who absolutely rocked -- but aren't the vocal parts in Godspell likely to be a little tough for this? Especially Judas/John the Baptist. The opening "Pre-e-e-pare Ye the way of the Lord!" just requires a certain vocal quality -- it HAS to be a solid tenor -- to grab the audience's attention and set the mood for the show, IMHO. I can't think of another musical where a single line, sung just so, has such an impact. But that's just my un-cultured layman's take on it.

Perhaps Jesus, though. That could be done.


* Not only female, but strikingly diminuitive at maybe 4'10" and 80#, playing a completely convincing military leader. I've seen maybe a dozen iterations of JCS, including on Broadway, and she was bar none the best Simon of the lot (and this from a college theatre production).