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[email protected]. s% VISTA lANo. 3 University of San Diego Tuesday, October 8,1974 Smash Broadway hit "Godspell" opens Tuesday in Balboa Park The work is based on the book Feast of Fools by Harvey Cox and on the gospel of Matthew with a few excerpts from Luke and John. The Feast of Fools was a day of the year when fools in a town took over and poked fun at the pom pous airs of the priests and magistrates of the town. Just as this tended to keep the humility and humanity in the hierarchy, so do the clowns around Jesus in "Godspell" remind the audience to keep simplicity and joy in their religion and lives. The New Testament concept of a God of love and understanding is con- sumated by presenting the bible as a joyous celebration. The religious musical "God around the world and is still Audiences will be treated to a spell", which has been described playing off-broadway since its variety of entertainment in as a symbol of the Christian New opening in 1972, besides being cluding sight gags, parodies, Testament, will open Tuesday, made into a movie since.