“Bless the Lord” - Eric Michael Krop
Not at This Performance - January 20, 2013 at 54 Below
Basically, Eric sang “Beautiful City” first. Then he talked about how everyone was always hugging and kissing onstage in the show so everyone got sick easily and one night he went backstage and Lindsay Mendez was like, “I think you’re gonna have to go on for me tonight.” And he took it seriously. Then he ripped this song a new one. He’s probably the best singer in the whole world, tbqh.
On year ago, I had only the faintest idea what Godspell was. The only things I knew were that Kali was really excited about it and Lauren cried in Shubert Alley when she found out Hunter Parrish was playing Jesus. Everything else, though, was a complete mystery to me. As summer ended and Kali returned to the city, Hair closed, and the time for Godspell’s first preview neared, I found myself getting excited about this little show that I knew absolutely nothing about. Kali’s excitement was contagious and it was difficult to be around her and not soak in even a little bit of it.
Fast forward a year and I can’t even imagine what my life would be without this show and these people. This show brought me closer to Kali, Karlie, and Imani, and gave me more than I ever expected a show could give me. It gave me a place where I felt safe and protected, welcome and happy, and wanted. There was never one time when I was in that theatre that I thought I wasn’t supposed to be there. Every single performance I witnessed means something to me. This show has given me a wealth of wonderful and beautiful experiences and even more importantly, a wealth of wonderful people have come into my life from this show.
I can’t really find the words to accurately describe what this means to me and how I feel right now. I’m sad, of course, because it’s ending. But I’m so happy that it happened and I got to be there for it. Godspell is a show about celebrating the joy and the love that you have inside of you, letting it out and coming together. And that theatre was a place where for two and a half hours, I could do that.
Tonight I’ll go into the Circle in the Square and see this beautiful show for the last time with Kali, Karlie, and Imani. There’s no group of people I would rather be sitting with tonight. And there’s nothing I would rather be doing tonight. I wouldn’t miss this night for anything in the world. It’s not going to be easy, in fact, it’s probably going to be downright impossible, but we’ll be there together and we’ll feel that joy at least one last time.
And it’s not goodbye. I’ll never say goodbye to any of these people. They have all become such a part of my life that to say goodbye to them would mean I was losing a huge part of me. And I just can’t do that.
I sincerely thank Hunter Arnold, this entire beautiful cast, Jen Tepper, Kayla, Lindsey, the list goes on and on. But I really would like to thank Kali, without you, this show wouldn’t have even been a blip to me. You brought it to me and I’m forever grateful for that.
Andrew Garfield’s face during the Godspell performance.
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BEST REACTION EVER.
“Learn Your Lessons Well (Reprise)” - Eric Michael Krop, Hannah Elless, Corey Mach
May 30, 2012 Matinee
Obsessed.
“That’s How You Know” - Julia Mattison feat. Hannah Elless, Eric Michael Krop, and Corey Mach
Enchanted
Godspell Sings Schwartz - May 23, 2012
“Marking Time” - Nick Blaemire
Pippin (cut song)
Godspell Sings Schwartz
“Since I Gave My Heart Away” - Hannah Elles feat. her sister, Abby, on violin
Gepetto & Son
Godspell Sings Schwartz
“Dreamscape” - Telly Leung
Godspell Sings Schwartz - May 23, 2012
