God on Broadway: Revealing the Sacred in the Spectacle

What has Broadway to do with Jerusalem? God on Broadway explores the theological questions cracked open by commercial theatre. It shows how the Great White Way—that apex of tourist consumerism and a synonym for the business of spectacle—can be a place for theophany and critical reflection on religion. God is ready to be part of the show. God takes the stage as the clowning Jesus Christ of Godspell and in the comedian of An Act of God; God seems to overhear Tevye's soliloquy-prayers from the...