A Bluegrass musical re-telling of the Good News story with music & lyrics by Harry Chapin!
March 1st – March 30th
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 4:30 PM
Friday, March 22nd at 5:00 PM
Book by Tom Key & Russell Treyz
Music & Lyrics by Harry Chapin
Based on The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan
Directed & Choreographed by Sam Williams
Music Direction by Connie Mockenhaupt
Live Piano Accompaniment by John Wilder
Rated: PG for simulated violence
With music & lyrics by Harry Chapin, and based on the book The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan, this bluegrass musical is a southern reinterpretation of the gospel story – retelling the life of Jesus in modern day rural Georgia. First produced by Gary Musick Productions and Troupe America Inc.,the “Greatest Story Ever Retold” is the only Off-Broadway play to be praised by both Rolling Stone and Christianity Today, and hailed as “A Joyous Triumph” by the New York Times.
“A hurricane that sweeps you along on wings of song. … A buoyant, exultant musical.”
—The Hollywood Reporter
“Some of the best songs Harry Chapin ever wrote”
-Rolling Stone
“An uplifting family show with loads of heart”
-Chicago Critic