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
Videos
Hundred Days
Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre (7/17 - 8/11) | ||
The Book of Mormon
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (3/11 - 3/16) | ||
Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom
Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre (6/21 - 7/27) | ||
Les Misérables
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (4/22 - 4/27) | ||
The Play That Goes Wrong
The Colony Theater (9/5 - 9/22) | ||
Mrs. Doubtfire
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (10/29 - 11/3) | ||
The Cher Show
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (1/7 - 1/12) | ||
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