Good evening, everyone!
We went to the church tonight to see the free concert of selections from a new musical called Amazing Grace. It was...AMAZING...and awesome...and gripping. The music was absolutely beautiful and stunning, sung by some world-class actors (one of the men has played Jean Val Jean in Les Miserables over 2900 times!). But the most amazing thing was the story of John Newton who wrote Amazing Grace.
The evening was hosted by Chris Smith, who wrote the show - he narrated parts of the show, introduced scenes and songs, which were then performed by the ensemble. It was very well done!
The show is scheduled to get a four week 'workshop' in New York in the Fall (which means they assemble a cast, rehearse the show, change a lot of things over and over, then perform for people with money to see if they can get some sponsors), and we soooo hope it goes onto Broadway so we can see the whole thing someday!
So...if you are around and free tomorrow night (Saturday, May 2), the concert starts at 8:00pm and it'll get over around 9:45. You should go see it! I think we've already said how AWESOME we think it was!
God bless!
~AG
I concur. I really hope "Amazing Grace" is blessed with a long run on Broadway and around the world. If possible, I am going back tonight for the second performance.
ReplyDeleteNice pewmates last night too :-)