Photo Flash: Cotton Patch Gospel At Wayside Theater

"Greatest Story Ever Retold" is based on the book The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan in which the Gospel is presented in a southern setting in rural Georgia with Blue Grass and country music songs, the final and perhaps best work of Harry Chapin. As this Gospel begins, they sing that "Somethin's a-brewin' in Gainesville." Herod is the mayor of Atlanta and, inevitably, Christ is lynched by local thugs only to rise again. The musical details The Life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

(Thur, Fri, Sat @ 7:30 PM; Sat & Sun matinees @ 2:30 PM)
Performances at Wayside Theatre, 7853 Main Street, Middletown, VA

Photography by Westervelt