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Tracy Thomas cast in Godspell
April 16, 2009 (Los Angeles, CA) Actress Tracy Thomas has been cast in the role of Peggy in the acclaimed musical Godspell. Godspell will play at the Knightsbridge Theatre in Los Angeles and will run on Saturdays and Sundays June 6, 2009 through July 12, 2009.
About Godspell (source: Wikipedia)
Godspell (an archaic spelling of the word gospel) is a 1970 musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since. Several cast albums have been released over the years and one of its songs, "Day By Day" from the original cast album, reached #13 on the Billboard pop singles chart in the summer of 1972.
The structure of the musical is that of a series of parables, based on the Gospel of Matthew (though considerable material, such as the parables of the prodigal son and of the rich man and Lazarus, comes exclusively from the Gospel of Luke). These are then interspersed with a variety of modern music set primarily to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ treated briefly near the end of performance. It started as a college project performed by students at Carnegie Mellon University and moved to La Mama in Greenwich Village. It was then re-scored for an off-Broadway production that was a long-running success, but most people are familiar with the film version or have seen a local high school production of the musical.
The musical opened a year after another religiously-themed successful rock musical, Jesus Christ Superstar.
About Tracy Thomas
Canadian Tracy Thomas began her professional acting career at the age of nine. By eighteen, Tracy Thomas had become a very prominent young actress in the Canadian theatre scene and had gained critical acclaim for her stage performances in productions such as West Side Story, The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, and Hamlet. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Alberta: one of the best BFA Acting Programs in North America. Upon graduation, she went on to perform at the two largest repertory theatres in North America: The Stratford Festival and The Shaw Festival where she performed in Twelfth Night, Henry V, The Seagull, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Merrily We Roll Along. Tracy starred alongside Dan Aykroyd, Dave Foley, and Dave Thomas in the feature film “Intern Academy,” and with Daniel Baldwin and Leslie Hope in the feature film “Double Frame.” She's also had guest spots on Canadian hit series "Corner Gas" and "Mentors." Most recently, Tracy completed filming the award-winning short film "Loose Ends," directed by X Dean Lim (Fox's On The Lot). Currently, Tracy resides in Los Angeles and works full-time in film, TV and theatre. For more information on Tracy Thomas, visit Tracy's website at www.TracyAnneThomas.com and her client page at Crossover Entertainment Group, LLC.
About Crossover Entertainment Group, LLC
Crossover Entertainment Group, LLC is an entertainment industry multidisciplinary professional services firm, which through its three wholly-owned subsidiaries, specializes in: celebrity personal talent management services, development of media properties and branded entertainment corporate consulting. For more information, visit Crossover’s website at www.CrossoverEntertainment.com.