Loud, driving music in the “rock opera” style. A stage show/movie with flamboyant costumes, long hair and sex appeal. The controversial retelling of Gospel stories to depict a new age version of ...

The over-the-top touches and stunning visual effects of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' allow the Ordway to show off recent theater ...

Jesus is coming to Maui. Well, the actor, Ted Neeley, who portrayed him in the stage and film version of the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Neeley will join fellow “Superstar” singer Yvonne ...

The musical creative team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice has probably never been accused of much subtlety or nuance. As a rule, the pair liked to do things splashy and over the top, and one of ...

Actor Heath Saunders finds great joy in playing evil characters, people who want to do harm to others, but the actor and writer’s latest role as Judas Iscariot in the rock opera “Jesus Christ ...

In October 2024, Time Out London was totally honest: “There was only the smallest window in history when making a rock musical about Jesus was a viable prospect,” and yet composer Andrew Lloyd Webber ...

Cynthia Erivo, a noted theatrical divinity, redeemed the title of “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the Hollywood Bowl last weekend in a magnetic, heaven-sent performance that established God the Savior as ...