“Messiah The Musical” (previously entitled, “Rabboni”) opens with Mendel Moskowitz, our Jewish “Everyman,” alone in his apartment in Brooklyn. Wondering what is the purpose of his life and feeling stressed by the mess that the world is in, he prays to God in song, “If You’ll show me the road to follow, I will shoulder the load for You. I will shoulder the load when I’m weary. It will cheer me to follow You.”

Not getting an immediate answer to his prayers, he sits in his easy chair and falls asleep. What then unfolds is a fantastical journey! Set to a gorgeous Broadway-style score, Yeshua (Jesus in Hebrew) takes Mendel on a whirlwind tour back in time to Ancient Jerusalem where he meets the Disciples as well as the buffoonish Beelzebub and the Demons.

A dramatic sometimes hilarious battle between good and evil ensues not only for Mendel but also between Yeshua and Beelzebub. Yeshua is triumphant over Beelzebub, death and hell. And Mendel is transformed from questioning the meaning and significance of his life to being filled with inspiration, hope and joy!

Like “The Screwtape Letters,” with the epic quality of a “Fiddler On The Roof” or a “Les Miserables” and with exquisite music comparable to Gershwin or Richard Rodgers, “Messiah The Musical” brings the Gospel story gloriously alive on stage: the Life, Death and Resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah!