DC Theatre Scene: Olney Theater’s plan for their new rendition of Godspell, which opened this past weekend, was simple but effective: gather some of DC’s best powerhouse vocal performers and pour them all into the ensemble of a musical known for being packed start to finish with songs. For the most part, Godspell delivers on its promise of crowd-pleasing, roof-raising songs. But the raw material of Godspell as a musical puts a ceiling on what these hard-working actors can accomplish, though they (and the creative team) put some contemporary spins on the text to fill it out.
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