Godspell

Godspell – Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre

Godspell, a classic hippy musical with a timeless score by Stephen Schwartz, is simply a joyful and loving show.  The talented cast enhances the performance with modern snippets of improvisational humor throughout the performance.  Think Instacart, The Godfather…  The God thing aside, even folks totally uninterested in religion, will get true enjoyment listening to these wonderful timeless melodies and absorbing the choreography, costumes, and set.  The lessons in the stories are outside of religion and are simply good lessons of ways of being a good homosapien.  

This Howard Street theater, Theo Ubique, allows the audience to not only have eye contact with the performers, it is a charming venue of belonging so that your experience is unlike other theatre performances.

A true pleasure to hear Izzie Jones’s sing “Day By Day” and  Laz Estrada ‘s “All Good Gifts” with such emotion.  This entire cast simply glows with talent and Austin Nelson Jr. and Company’s “Save the People” is simply delightful.

It almost feels like this could be a gathering of folks going to a protest or the Pride parade and subtley highlights the hypocrisy of our current political right wing religious state.   Yep, let’s save the people and let’s get through all this baloney day by day.  A little humanity por favor. And thank the lord, no clowns are in this portrayal!

Judy Nathan

Chicago Theatre Review