'New' 'Godspell' preaches dated musical formula
Of all the books of the New Testament, the "Gospel According to St. Matthew," with its many parables, likely is the most quoted. You know, it starts with all those "begets" Â" some 40 of them once Abraham begat Isaac " and goes on to the many "blesseds" ("Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven," etc.). In 1972, director and writer John-Michael Tebelak and composer Stephen Schwartz found…