God Lives in Glass

God Lives in Glass was written by Robert Landy, NYU professor of educational theatre and drama therapy in The Steinhardt School of Education, playwright and author. Keith Thompson, award-winning composer and musical director of the first national tour of “Mamma Mia!,” composed the music and additional lyrics. The musical was co-conceived and directed by Greg Ganakas, nationally acclaimed music theatre director and a faculty member in the NYU Music Theatre Program.

The most recent performance was a benefit for Las Vegas Teen Crisis at the Clark County Library Theater at Flamingo and Maryland Prkwy.

God Lives in Glass

Book & Lyrics by Robert J. Landy

Music & Additional Lyrics by Keith Thompson

Directed & Co-Conceived by Greg Ganakas

Review by David Hurst, Theatre Critic

(Publication date – September 26, 2003)

A year before the terrorist attacks, playwright and author Robert Landy interviewed more than 500 children, ages 4 thru 12, from all over the world asking them to draw pictures and tell stories about God. He wrote two books and a play based on his experience and now he’s joined forces with composer Keith Thompson and director Greg Ganakas to present the children’s multicultural images of God, post 9/11, in musical theatre form. Although it may sound like the last thing you’d be interested in, the result is a thoughtful, powerful and astonishing work that beautifully showcases the talents of a young cast of NYU students. Presented recently at the Provincetown Playhouse, God Lives in Glass neither preaches nor proselytizes, somehow managing to illuminate and inform instead. Thompson’s score is a revelation, both in its depth of melody as well as its diversity of form and Ganakas’ staging is inspired in its inventiveness. Similar to watching the production numbers in Camp, the cast’s voices and enthusiasm will blow you away as they play instruments, dance, create art and sing with electrifying energy. Just under 90 minutes, Glass deserves an extended run with the original cast somewhere soon. It is provocative, original and – quite simply – amazing.

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