Powerful story behind the 236-year-old Christian hymn 'Amazing Grace' portrayed in Broadway play

The moving story is still relevant today.

The spellbinding true-to-life story behind the popular Christian hymn "Amazing Grace" is currently being portrayed on Broadway. Producer Carolyn Rossi Copeland, aims to entertain audiences while educating them with information about the tormenting event that led to the ultimate creation of "Amazing Grace."

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - Copeland explained that the audiences are going to witness the true story about how love, hope, forgiveness and redemption converged in the life of British abolitionist and "Amazing Grace" writer John Newton, who lived his life from 1725 to 1807.

"We were waiting for a theater December, January, February, March, April - then we finally get the theater at the end of April and we're in previews the week that this horror happens in our country," she stated, speaking of the tragic June shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. "And the president sings 'Amazing Grace' and all of the sudden we have requests to do national television."

"Amazing Grace" the musical show will enlighten people about the life of Newton. According to an official description, "John Newton, a willful and musically talented young Englishman, faces a future as uncertain as the turning tide."

It was also indicated the musical will be a "coming of age. As Britain sits atop an international empire of slavery, he finds himself torn between following in the footsteps of father - a slave trader - and embracing the more compassionate views of his childhood sweetheart."

Newton was originally involved in slave trade, but he left the industry behind to go on and become an evangelical Christian and a distinguished writer who wrote "Amazing Grace."

Copeland and Smith are hoping audiences will flock to see the unique Broadway show. "We're hoping people are willing to... buy a ticket, because its great theater and it speaks to their heart and it speaks to their soul," Copeland said.

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