Adam Overett on "Popesical!", the "Book of Mormon" for Catholics
Popesical!, a musical by Adam Overett, is set during the papal conclave, the election in which cardinals vote for a new pope, and it features a motley crew of cardinals who are put through successively absurd tests to prove their fitness for the papacy. Overett, who is a composer, a lyricist, a director, an actor, and a writer, is also an extremely warmhearted satirist; he expresses as much wonder as mockery about th…