Prepare Ye the Way of la Meme Chose

[ceebeegee]

God, I am SO SICK of productions of Godspell with the same old tired trope of male Jesus and Judas. The show is about the Gospel of St. Matthew with mixed genders apostles dressed as clowns, invoking every current pop reference out there--you'd think SOMEONE besides me would've thought of actually casting a woman as something other than adoring groupie. BORING.

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[darksheik.livejournal.com]

The DeBaun production had a separate Judas/JtB. We also had double the cast of a normal Godspell, which made for an extremely full sound...

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I meant to see it at DeBaun and never did.

I also think if you have a male/female split on Jesus/Judas (either way), it adds something.