Sara Bareilles, John Legend, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon. Originally produced as a live television special in 2018. Based on the musical of the same name by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Contents:
Overture -- Heaven on their minds -- What's the buzz / Strange thing mystifying -- Everything's alright -- This Jesus must die -- Hosanna -- Simon Zealotes / Poor Jerusalem -- Pilate's dream -- The temple -- Everything's alright (reprise) -- I don't know how to love him -- Damned for all time / Blood money -- The last supper -- Gethsemane (I only want to say) -- Transition / The arrest -- Peter's denial -- Pilate and Christ -- King Herod's song -- Transition after Herod -- Could we start again, please? -- Judas's death -- Trial before Pilate (including the 39 lashes) -- Superstar -- The crucifixion / John nineteen:forty-one / Curtain call.
Summary:
Drawing over ten million viewers, NBC's highly anticipated special event received rave reviews for its production. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar album hit number one on the Billboard charts and made its way to the stage in 1971. Since then, the musical has been considered a classic and has become a staple of theatre and music organizations throughout the world.
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