We went to see This Beautiful City, the new show at the Vineyard Theatre. (We work with them on their internet marketing and created the trailer above.)
The Civilians were already in Colorado Springs (the unofficial capital of the Evangelical movement) when Ted Haggard, their leader, was busted for doing snow with an angry hustler. This makes for an awesome story.
The ensemble was tight and filled with the energetic force of love in God…and, being raised Baptist, I had several flashbacks of the time my youth ministers would try to relate to us kids by jumping up and down and singing God Songs to the tune of Extreme’s More Than Words.
This Beautiful City, you will leave inspired. They do a great job of giving you the interviews of the real people of Colorado Springs. The best story in the show is one of a Transgendered female who speaks about her experience with God and church. It’s an amazing character (spinoff?). You won’t hate the Evangelicals after seeing this. In fact, it’s a refreshing approach to seeing just how passionate people can get about something they love.
The last line of the show wraps it all up nicely when a local Park Ranger says: While headed up to Pikes Peak, if you get lost you will eventually get found, dead or alive. So, just try to stay alive.