JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread- Page 2
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
sbflyfan
Broadway Star Joined: 4/12/07
#25JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:29pmNorm was absolutely phenomenal!
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#27JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:31pm
Where is this being filmed?
Really liked Norm, as well as Jin
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Updated On: 4/1/18 at 08:31 PM
#28JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:31pmI got it working. This concert staging, so far, has worked better for me than any of the other live tv musicals. Can we get Gaga as Evita Live in Concert sometime soon please?
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#30JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:31pm
I didn’t think it was possible for me to love Norm Lewis more than I already do. Tonight I was proven wrong.
#31JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:32pm
sbflyfan said: "Must the audience scream after every other line?"
^^^^THIS. The sound mixer needs to step up his game because if they are gonna scream like this the WHOLE show, they keep overpowering the sound. It feels more like the actors are screaming then singing to battle the audience.
I understand that the live audience adds an energy to live shows like this but be prepared to counteract it sound people.
Sondheimite
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/14
#32JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:32pm
I'll eat my words:
I'm loving this so far.
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#33JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:33pm
I'm having a terrible time understanding what they are singing. No question part of it is because of the audience screaming.
#34JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:34pm
VotePeron said: "Am I the only one that didn't care for BVD's "Heaven..." at all? I have no desire to ever listen to that again. So weak."
I think it could have been stronger if he didn't need to basically SCREAM to be heard over the audience.
Carmilla
Chorus Member Joined: 1/24/12
#35JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:35pm
I agree it's hard to hear. But, in defense of the audience, yesterday we were encouraged to cheer, clap, sing along, wave our arms around, stand up and dance, etc. So the audience is reacting as they were told to do so, but I agree, they should have adjusted the sound knowing that.
Updated On: 4/1/18 at 08:35 PM
#36JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:37pmI didn’t realize that Norm was in this. He was amazing.
#37JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:39pmThis production has the quality and excitement of Hamilton. I'm absolutely loving it.
#39JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:42pm
TheGingerBreadMan said: "I’m loving it. Gorgeous set, great choreography, and everyone sounds fantastic. I agree that the audience needs to chill out and they need better sound mixing, but other than that, no complaints so far."
I'm completely with you. Best of all everything - the staging, costumes, choreography and performances - all all holding together as a concept. Love it so far,
This reminds me of the first production I ever saw which was Tom O'Horgan's production that opened the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles. This was before he did the Broadway show (which was totally different). But it very much had this kind of loose staging with minimal actual sets.
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#40JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:42pmI think the filming of a concert style staging works so much better than any of the previous live musicals as well. To me the filming always felt awkward just due to the nature of earlier productions but this feels natural.
#41 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:44pm
I keep wondering if Mike Pence is watching it
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Updated On: 4/1/18 at 08:44 PM
#42 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:51pm
Sara Bareilles is such a star.
karen24
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#43 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:52pm
There’s a cast list on IMDb.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6874964/fullcredits?mode=desktop&ref_=m_ft_dsk
Maggie-the-schnoodle
#44 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:55pm
Beautiful job by Sara Bareilles on "Don't Know How to Love Him". Her work in Waitress is paying off.
#45 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:56pm
To me, this “concert style” production feels much more natural then any of the other NBC productions. It resembles many of the stripped down revivals that are common (aside from the 864 member ensemble). The sound mixing is rough, but that’s going to happen any time you have 1500 cheering fans. They’re keep it moving, even with commercials. If this was a staged production, act I would almost be over and we’re less then an hour in. So far, I’m a fan.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#46 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:56pm
Thanks, I found one on Playbill, too.
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GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#47 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:56pm
VotePeron said: "Am I the only one that didn't care for BVD's "Heaven..." at all? I have no desire to ever listen to that again. So weak."
No I agree. That role needed more of a real rocker sound.
#48 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:58pmSara is KILLING IT!!! What a pleasure to watch her perform.
#49 ...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Discussion Thread
Posted: 4/1/18 at 8:59pm
This show is SO good minus the screaming audience. This was my same nitpick I had with Grease when they first introduced the concept of a live audience at the live productions. We don't need to be reminded that there is an audience EVERY TIME there is a slight pause in the action. The pauses are there for dramatic tension. Not for a contest of who can scream the loudest. The production set up of this big wide space that the camera can move through so fluidly is the best idea that live shows have had to date but we get it. It's live. We don't need to be reminded of that every time there is a 3 second pause there no one is talking or singing.
