From 15 November 1971 to 22 July 1972 Hewett acted in the Australian musical theatre version of "Godspell", at the Playbox Theatre, Melbourne. She recorded two versions of the show's tune, "Day by Day". The first on "Godspell – Original Australian Cast" had Johnny Young producing the cast album, which appeared in March 1972. The second version was produced by Ian "Molly" Meldrum and was issued as her second single, in November 1971. It peaked at No. 1 on the "Go-Set" charts and was certified as a gold record with shipment of over 50,000 copies. In April 1972 Hewett was the featured artist on a half-hour TV special performing "Day by Day", "By My Side", "Hey Jude" and "Jesus Christ Superstar".