Stump the German

[L Verge]

I would suspect that Mary never wanted to visit the Holy Lands after Abraham's death, knowing that it was his desire to do so and that he expressed it on the very afternoon of his death. A trip without him there would have been quite sad for her. Which brings me to another thought: Do we have any historical knowledge about Mrs. Lincoln and the sustenance of her faith after losing two sons and finally the husband who had seen her through her grief before? There surely had to be times when she questioned the wisdom of God.

As for JC, it is definitely one of my favorite musicals. Along with Godspell, it is part of MY generation's contributions as well as our desire to have people question their beliefs and become more active. I think that Jesus and his followers were symbolic to the activist movements of the 1960s and 70s. At the time, I was working with a junior choir and a youth group, and JC was a great teaching tool. I loved the song by Mary Magdalene, I Don't Know How to Love Him, and I remember it becoming the topic of a discussion on whether or not Mary was a woman of the streets.

P.S. For some reason, I never wanted to see the film version. I love the magic of the live stage. I always wanted to live at the Watergate so that I could walk across the parking lot and become a Kennedy Center usher. That way, I would finagle my way into every show!