Children of... (Fwd: Re: The Role of Religion in the Potterverse)

[potioncat]

> Annemehr:
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> I wonder if you meant the musical "Children of Eden"?
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> http://www.musicalschwartz.com/children-of-eden.htm
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> My daughter was in the cast when her high school put it on just this past February.  It's a Catholic school, and most of the parents and teachers raved about it (the play itself, I mean, not just the kids' performance).  But I, who am no longer Catholic, couldn't understand why.  Myself, I had very strong, and mixed, emotions.


Potioncat:
That's it! I had a feeling I should have double checked the name.

OK good, we had the same reaction. Actually, had the play been performed on a secular stage I might have enjoyed it better. It was performed by adults at a church that has a drama group. They perform mainly secular plays, but this one was identified as a sacred play....I don't think that's exactly what I mean to say...but you get the idea. Everyone raved about it and its message, but I didn't find the underlying message to be very sacred.

The play follows the Old Testament story line. But some of the "stories" were very different from my experience. When I googled for some background, the author describes it as a play about a disfunctional family. I thought that was a pretty good description.