March 1, 2013
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Godspell.
The invitation came as a surprise, as I never knew he had any acting or singing ability at all. But that didn’t matter. It was an invitation from a friend and so I shall attend the event to support his newly found extracurricular activity: performing on a stage. An expatriate friend living in Jakarta participated in a local community musical play called Godspell. Godspell is an off-Broadway musical from the 70’s that started in the USA. For this local production, the cast consists of half expatriates and half students, with age ranges from teens to mid-fifties. The show took place at a small theater belonged to a school for music and image, called Music Republicain. And i got a front row seat.
My friend played the character Judas. The character suits his image and personality. He laughed when I told him that, and I was glad to find he wasn't a bit offended by the friendly remark. It took him months of preparation to really get into his role. I’m glad to say he did a very good job, considering he never had any professional training in performance arts. So well that now I have found a new kind of respect for the guy. Makes me kind of wish I too could ‘perform’ to an audience, though in reality I know for sure that I would never have the guts to do just that. My ego is apparently not big enough, nor am I comfortable with the idea of living in the limelight kind of life. Oh well… (shrug).
Comments (7)
How cool.
That looks like a lot of fun.
Rudy, I want you to be in Godspell, as well!! Promise you will do it.
Don't you think you'd feel more alive after doing something like that?
I saw Godspell several times in Washington, DC at the Lincoln Theater. My theology professor went with us and we made sure he sat on the aisle - yepper Mary Magdalene
played to him lolol.I love the stage. Did Shakespeare at university. I guess I am a ham. I think I was an actor while teaching
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Interesting. I hope you will attend my performance in "Draußen vor der Tür" at Esplande as well.
Just kidding mah. 
You know where I last saw this show? At an outdoor evening performance in the park behind the old city gate in Milan. It was June 2001 and the end of Ty show was interrupted by a thunderstorm.
It's great that you were there supporting your friend.... I'm sure that meant so much to him. And from the sounds of it, the show was terrific and very well done. I think it shows that if we all have a dream to do something and truly try our best to get there, we would really surprise ourselves with what we are able to be.
I really think what your friend has done is a great example for many people and we can all take a lesson for it. And maybe we all need to try and do something that we aren't comfortable with first and work towards perfecting that thing.... it would be such a positive experience. Take care and have a wonderful weekend, bye for now.
Kyle
@buddy71 - thanks, bud. it was rather cool to have a friend who performs on a stage.
@stepaside_loser - errr... good luck waiting for me to do so, andrew. it'll never happened in a million years!
@Fatcat723 - robert, you definitely have an acting bug in you.
@beowulf222 - nick, if you ever star in any kind of stage performance, i'll be sure to attend and cheer you from the audience
@christao408 - THAT is so cool, chris.
@kyle061685 - you know what, kyle, i think you would get along just fine with my friend.