"All For the Best" with Stephen Nathan and David Haskell.

The two original cast members playing Jesus and Judas.
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, taken primarily from the Gospel of Matthew. These are then interspersed with a variety of modern music set primarily to lyrics from traditional hymns,[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

The musical opened a year after another religiously-themed successful rock musical, Jesus Christ Superstar.

David Haskell died of a brain tumor in 2000.

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[RandomNoveltyItem]

Oh wow! This is awesome! <3 Do you have any more clips from the original cast?

[dougster2810]

Sorry I don't. It was an special with people doing numbers from the shows that they did on Broadway.

[RLFosse]

We were just working on a tap dance to this song in our Musical Theatre class tonight and a Fosse style piece to "Turn Back O Man"!

[dougster2810]

What timing...I just posted this today!

[buffalo581]

you cant beat David Haskell as Judus.

[Adyrah]

I agree with Victor Garber being better wholeheartedly.

[baronessdouglass]

Wow! A pre (or post?) beard David Haskell! Well, I actually like the beard better.

[sonnyboy39]

Amazing, as well as fun!

[jahamid22]

im gonna be judas in my show choir xP

[itsayskeds13]

every actor has their crazy eyes lolol

[recordnyc]

After a lifetime of adoring Godspell (and doing it in High School like half the world), I just found out TODAY that Mr. Nathan (Exec. Producer of Bones, a show which I enjoy) is THE Stephen Nathan that played Jesus in the original Godspell! God knows that that recording (as well as the movie version w/Victor Garber as Jesus) played a major part in my developmentr when I was a teen ager in the 70's and as an actor later on in life. Way to go Stephen!

[JediMasteKnuzzles]

Im playing Judas in my high school production of Godspell, and I have to say Haskell is the best Judas in my mind.

[Blackcomic23]

No one does it better than these two :D

[qwerty8me556]

1 dislike? Must be the devil. 

[Jinnitopia]

Not bad,but I don't think anybody can beat Victor Garber at this part. This guy isn't bad,but he doesn't have that sweetness,tenderness,innocence­,and youth that Garber did in this role.

[Veggieman87]

@rcktmanil Yay! This is just such a fun show.