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‘Jesus, the Ark for Today’: Evangelizing through Sight & Sound Theatres’s Noah
- Source: Studies in Musical Theatre, Volume 15, Issue The Bruce Kirle Memorial Panel, ATHE Conference, Dec 2021, p. 265 - 271
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- 20 Sep 2021
- 28 Sep 2021
- 01 Dec 2021
Abstract
Sight & Sound Theatres, a Christian theatre company known for their musical adaptations of stories from the Bible, takes up the mission of evangelizing through musical theatre. While the genre of musical theatre can transform harsh religious messaging into an accessible and entertaining form, it can also undermine religious messaging by introducing camp and trivializing supernatural deities. This article examines how Sight & Sound Theatres’s Noah keeps with and breaks musical theatre conventions effectively to evangelize to their audiences.
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