"All for the Best" from Stephen Schwartz's Godspell. Crown Uptown 2014. Featuring Ryan Ehresman and Miles Mattal. Directed by Matthew Rumsey, choreographed by Maurice Sims, and music directed by Jesse Warkentin. Video by Reed Morgan.
I love the humanization of Judas in Godspell. Judas Iscariot is probably the most hated name in western history, and Godspell makes him a conflicted guy with some bitterness toward the world. I dig it.
@@tardersauce3578 Brother I wasn't writing a fuckin cultural dissertation about the perception of historical figures. I was just complimenting the writing.
When I was a kid... My mom dropped my little sis and me at the movie theater... And ugh... Forgot we were there... So we just watched Godspell over and over again... And then eventually walked home... For my sis and I... It was one of those horrible memories from childhood that bonded us... So we knew all the songs by heart and still sing them to each other when life gets tough... Yes.. It's all for the best... And we can build a beautiful city
A friend shared this video with me, and I am, W-O-W! Ryan E and Miles Mattel knock it out of the cosmosphere! I could loop Miles Mattal signing Jesus all day long and never stop laughing!!! Bravo, bravo and 'all my sins will be redressed, lol!" Where is this cast today? I want to know where Miles and Ryan are now so I can book my seat! Will Godspell ever make another run in Doo-Dah???
[JESUS] When you feel sad, or under a curse Your life is bad, your prospects are worse Your wife is sighing, crying And your olive tree is dying Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying And creditors weighing your purse… Your mood and your robe Are both a deep blue You'd bet that Job Had nothin' on you Don't forget that when you get to Heaven you'll be blessed Yes, it's all for the best! [JUDAS] Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please Richer than the bees are in honey Never growing old, never feeling cold Pulling pots of gold from thin air The best in every town, best at shaking down Best at making mountains of money They can't take it with them, but what do they care? They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat Houses on the street where it's sunny Summers at the sea, winters warm and free All of this and we get the rest But who is the land for? The sun and the sand for? You guessed! It's all for the best!
I am he who was, he who is and he who is coming the Almighty. He will do that through us. And from the looks of it you are proving the theory. He who was Adam and Eve, he who is us. And through us is coming Almighty.
Don't get me wrong, I liked the number! But those foam hats don't fit anybody anymore, I swear they made them when peoples' heads were much smaller! My brother and I invested in real straw boaters for this number, and even found pop up canes at a downtown Cleveland magic store - mind, this was before the movie came out!
[JESUS] When you feel sad, or under a curse Your life is bad, your prospects are worse Your wife is sighing, crying And your olive tree is dying Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying And creditors weighing your purse… Your mood and your robe Are both a deep blue You'd bet that Job Had nothin' on you Don't forget that when you get to Heaven you'll be blessed Yes, it's all for the best! [JUDAS] Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please Richer than the bees are in honey Never growing old, never feeling cold Pulling pots of gold from thin air The best in every town, best at shaking down Best at making mountains of money They can't take it with them, but what do they care?
