Due to its tremendous success, Provision Theater will remount
Cotton Patch Gospel in 2005.
This off-Broadway smash hit features
the reverential retelling of the Gospels of Matthew
and John in a contemporary southern
setting, set to bluegrass music. The award-winning musical
is based on the book The Cotton Patch Version
of Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan, a Bible scholar and Civil
Rights activist. Tom Key and Russell Treyz adapted Jordan’s
writings and worked with the late Harry Chapin to create
this musical stage version.
Chapin, composer of such well-known hits
as “Cat’s
in the Cradle” and “Taxi”, created this
production’s musical score. Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone
describes the songs in Cotton Patch Gospel as “some
of the best songs Harry Chapin ever wrote.”
Cotton Patch Gospel is the only off-Broadway show to receive
praise from both Rolling Stone and Christianity Today.
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