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
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre (4/24 - 6/16) | ||
The Thanksgiving Play
Ensemble Theater In Honor of Helen Zell at Steppenwolf (4/25 - 6/2) | ||
Little Bear Ridge Road
Downstairs Theater At Steppenwolf Theatre (6/13 - 7/21) | ||
Festival of Unfinished Work
Bramble Theatre Company (6/26 - 6/30) | ||
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Beverly Arts Center (5/1 - 7/26) | ||
DREAM
The Center for Performing Arts (2/28 - 3/1) | ||
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Center for Performing Arts (10/25 - 10/25) | ||
Wells and Welles
City Lit Theater (7/18 - 8/11) | ||
Romeo and Juliet
Kelvyn Park (7/19 - 7/21) | ||
Kids in America
Raue Center For The Arts (6/22 - 6/22) | ||
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