Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Members of the original off-Brodway cast of Godspell sings “Day by Day,” by Stephen Schwartz, on The Mike Douglas Show. This episode originally aired on April 29, 1973:
(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“One wonders whether a generation that demands instant satisfaction of all its needs and instant solution of the world’s problems will produce anything of lasting value. Such a generation, even when equipped with the most modern technology, will be essentially primitive—it will stand in awe of nature, and submit to the tutelage of medicine men.”
Eric Hoffer, Reflections on the Human Condition