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It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent '60s, should have at its center a social and political rebel. Jesus' meteor-like rise in renown provides, as the title suggests, a parallel to contemporary celebrity worship. As his radical teachings are evermore embraced, Judas increasingly questions the enlightened motives of this new prophet, resulting in betrayal. Christ's final days are dramatized with emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality. Propelled by a stirring score, by turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.
Lyrics by Tim Rice; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Tim Rice
- Tom O'Horgan
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Tony Awards and Nominations for Jesus Christ Superstar
Videos
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | |
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The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | |
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The Sarcoma Cycle
Color Club (6/5 - 7/13) | |
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Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
Goodman Theatre's Albert Theatre (6/25 - 8/11) | |
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Kids in America
Raue Center For The Arts (6/22 - 6/22) | |
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The Lennon Project
Raue Center For The Arts (6/15 - 6/15) | |
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Rocky Peter - Welcome Home Concert
Metropolis Performing Arts Centre (6/8 - 6/8) | |
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf
Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre (7/20 - 8/4) | |
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ARTRAGEOUS!
The Center for Performing Arts (3/15 - 3/15) | |
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