in "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told"
directed by Christopher Ashley
written by Paul Rudnick
| Joanna P Adler ... Cheryl Mindle, various other characters Jenny Bacon Becky Ann Baker ... Jane Peter Bartlett ... Shreve Pomfret, Trey, and various other characters Juan Carlos Hernandez ... Steve Lisa Kron ... Miriam Miller, various other characters Kathryn Meisle ... Mabel Orlando Pabotoy ... Father Joseph, various other characters Amy Sedaris ... Stage Manager Alan Tudyk ... Adam |  |
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told premiered on 07 July 1998 at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown Massachusetts, and ran until 12 July 1998. It opened off-Broadway on 14 December 1998 by the New York Theatre Workshop to wonderful reviews, moving to the Minetta Lane Theatre on 29 January 1999.
In the play, Rudnick ponders what it would be like had God started out by making Adam and Steve, rather than Adam and Eve. Adam and Steve (along with Jane and Mabel) take us on a journey from Mesopotamia to a K Mart on Christmas Eve as they struggle for faith and search for God.
Amy Sedaris played the God-like Stage Manager, Alan Tudyk played Adam, and Orlando Pabotoy played Father Joseph, a Bible-thumping minister, as well as several roles in which he could be described as a boy toy.
Jay Goede replaced Juan Carlos Hernandez as Steve and Peg Healey replaced Amy Sedaris as the Stage Manager when the production re-opened at the Minetta Lane Theatre on 29 January 1999. Julie Halston replaced Lisa Kron on 2 March 1999. Lea DeLaria replaced Becky Ann Baker as Jane and Shannon Burkett replaced Kathryn Meisle as Mabel on 16 March 1999. Jesse Tyler Ferguson replaced Alan Tudyk as Adam on 30 March 1999.
Alan Tudyk, Kathryn Meisle,
and Amy Sedaris
