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
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Black Boys Cry
Andre Cailloux Center for Performing Arts (6/22 - 6/22)
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Little Shop of Horrors
Sullivan Theater (5/31 - 6/9)
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Le Petit Theatre (6/6 - 6/23)
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Jersey Boys
Le Petit Theatre (3/13 - 4/6) | ||
Clue
Saenger Theatre (6/18 - 6/23) | ||
Murder for Two
Le Petit Theatre (10/3 - 10/20) | ||
The Mousetrap
Sullivan Theater (8/23 - 9/1) | ||
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Theatre Baton Rouge (6/14 - 6/30) | ||
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