Father Richard Ho Lung (right) with costume designer Arlene Richards at the press launch of the musical, 'YES!', at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel last Friday. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer
Father Richard Ho Lung and Friends present the musical 'YES!' on September 27 and 28 at the National Arena.
'YES!' is the story of one man's (Father Luke) battle for the soul of Jamaica and turns to Christ, as the power within, to win.
The musical presentation marks 36 years of musical drama with Father Richard Ho Lung and Friends.
Venues for these productions have been New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Florida, Atlanta, London, Germany, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.
Broadway
Over 100,000 Jamaicans attended the last production - 'Moses' - which production has been hailed by as "world-class Broadway".
In addition to entertaining and educating the public, this year's production aims at raising funds for the work of the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP), a non-profit religious community of men - who provide care for over 600 mentally challenged children, abandoned elderly, disabled women and victims of HIV/AIDS who are residents of the MOP's six facilities for the homeless and destitute.