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Instead, this resurrected Jesus Christ Superstar simply updates the original, superficially. Jesus wears tight jeans, white sneakers and a man bun; Herod is a drag queen in heels, long eyelashes and a ...
Jesus Christ Superstar When the rock opera made its groundbreaking transition to Broadway in 1971, Ben Vereen stole the show as Judas. The big news at the Wilshire is Christ's restoration from ...
Origins: “Jesus Christ Superstar” began life in 1970 as a concept album featuring Ian Gillan of Deep Purple as Jesus, Murray Head of “One Night in Bankok” fame as Judas, Mike d’Abo of ...
Perhaps "Jesus Christ Superstar" is exactly that. Staged in the 1970s or now, it is simply a rock musical about the Passion of Jesus Christ. And that alone makes for a well-performed and entertaining ...
"Jesus Christ Superstar" made its Broadway debut in 1971. It has been adapted several times over the years, including a live TV production in 2018 starring John Legend as Jesus Christ and Sara ...
Based on director Timothy Sheader ’s Regent’s Park Theatre production for what was, at the time, the show’s 45th anniversary, Jesus Christ Superstar is now wrapping up the U.S. leg of its ...
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will play the Hobby Center January 17-22, 2023. The 2017 Olivier awarding-winning production from Regent's Park Open Air Theatre goes on sale to the general public on Friday ...
Jesus Christ Is Not a Superstar Stefani McDade Popular portrayals of the God-Man can draw admiring crowds, but they can’t create imitating disciples. Photo from a production of Jesus Christ ...
For better or worse, the boisterous touring production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” — now spreading the gospel of Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Kennedy Center — doesn’t exactly treat Tim ...
In addition to his Emmy, he reached EGOT status with an Oscar, 10 Grammys and a Tony. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice also reached EGOT status with “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert." ...
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’: Theater Review Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's countercultural Christ musical shows its age but still earns its Hosannas in this amped-up staging, which comes to ...
“Jesus Christ Superstar Live” took place in front of exposed scaffolding and on a largely clutter-free stage, allowing for big dance numbers and plenty of widespread, choreographed action.