You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... Cast and Crew

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

Plot: A documentary about the legendary 1972 Toronto production of the musical about the life of Jesus, which launched many illustrious careers and ignited a comedy revolution.

Release Date: Saturday, September 6 2025
Released within the last year

Genres: Documentary

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Cast

Martin Short. Martin Short was 75 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself / Jeffrey'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 26 1950

Eugene Levy. Eugene Levy was 78 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself / Herb / Jesus'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 17 1946

Victor Garber. Victor Garber was 76 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself / Jesus'.

Birthday: Wed, Mar 16 1949

Andrea Martin. Andrea Martin was 78 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Herself / Robin'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 15 1947

Jayne Eastwood. Jayne Eastwood was 78 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Herself / Sonia'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 17 1946

Valda Aviks. Valda Aviks was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Herself / Peggy'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Avril Chown. Avril Chown was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Herself / Joanne'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Rudy Webb. Rudy Webb was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself / Lamar'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Paul Shaffer. Paul Shaffer was 75 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 28 1949

Stephen Schwartz. Stephen Schwartz was 77 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Sat, Mar 06 1948

Dave Thomas. Dave Thomas was 76 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Fri, May 20 1949

Don Scardino. Don Scardino was 76 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 17 1949

Gilda Radner. Gilda Radner would have been no older than 42 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Jun 28 1946 –
Died: Sat, May 20 1989

Gerry Salsberg. Gerry Salsberg would have been no older than >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday –
Died: Tue, Jun 22 2010

Mike Myers. Mike Myers was 62 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Sat, May 25 1963

Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lin-Manuel Miranda was 45 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 16 1980

Heidi Gardner. Heidi Gardner was 42 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Herself'.

Birthday: Wed, Jul 27 1983

James Austin Johnson. James Austin Johnson was 36 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Wed, Jul 19 1989

Janeane Garofalo. Janeane Garofalo was 60 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Herself'.

Birthday: Mon, Sep 28 1964

Gary Gulman. Gary Gulman was 55 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Himself'.

Birthday: Fri, Jul 17 1970

Catherine O'Hara. Catherine O'Hara was 71 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Mar 04 1954

John Candy. John Candy would have been no older than 43 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Oct 30 1950 –
Died: Fri, Mar 04 1994

Harold Ramis. Harold Ramis would have been no older than 69 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as '(archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Nov 21 1944 –
Died: Mon, Feb 24 2014

Dan Aykroyd. Dan Aykroyd was 73 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

Birthday: Tue, Jul 01 1952

Valri Bromfield. Valri Bromfield was 76 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

Birthday: Thu, Feb 10 1949

Crew

Nick Davis. Nick Davis was 60 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Director, Producer, Writer'

Birthday: Thu, Apr 29 1965

Wolfgang Held. Wolfgang Held was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jane Mendelsohn. Jane Mendelsohn was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Writer, Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Sue Turley. Sue Turley was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Tom Powers. Tom Powers was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Bonnie Comley. Bonnie Comley was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Stewart F. Lane. Stewart F. Lane was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Josh Church. Josh Church was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jan Gura. Jan Gura was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Zachary Hausman. Zachary Hausman was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Kinder Labatt. Kinder Labatt was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Judd Apatow. Judd Apatow was 57 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Wed, Dec 06 1967

Sally Klingenstein Martell. Sally Klingenstein Martell was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Teresa Tsai. Teresa Tsai was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Glenn Kaino. Glenn Kaino was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Stephanie Hannon. Stephanie Hannon was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Stephanie Holder Kotton. Stephanie Holder Kotton was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ryan Kotton. Ryan Kotton was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Stark D. Kirby Jr.. Stark D. Kirby Jr. was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Doug Abel. Doug Abel was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Stephen Schwartz. Stephen Schwartz was 77 in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Music'

Birthday: Sat, Mar 06 1948

Brian Jones. Brian Jones was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Music'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Timo Elliston. Timo Elliston was >> in You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as 'Music'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday