Day by day for more than 40 years, the musical Godspell has delighted countless performers and audience members around the world. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of the show's creative journey and how it became a theatrical classic. In his Foreword for The Godspell Experience: Inside a Transformative Musical, composer Stephen Schwartz shares some of his favorite personal memories from the earliest days of Godspell. For the pages that follow, author Carol de Giere has gathered fresh comments from original cast members, movie cast members, other Godspell actors, Schwartz, and friends of the late John-Michael Tebelak (who conceived the musical and directed the first productions). The book also features complete lyrics, notes about each song, original costume sketches, never-before-published photographs, movie development details, and more. Come sing--and read--about love!