Jesus Christ Superstar

Excuse me! Excuse me, Mr. NBC! I'll have you know I played Mary Magdalene in the Simi Valley Playhouse production of "Jesus Christ Superstar!" The reporter from The Ventura County Weekly Shopper said my performance of "I Don't Know How to Love Him" brought tears to his eyes!!

This is going to be a big shitshow.

Will they all becoming out on stage naked at the end or will they be pixelated? That was supposed to be a big deal in 1970. Hippies liked nudity and saw flaccid penis' in a non-sexual way.

There is no nudity in 'Jesus Christ superstar,' you ninny.

You're thinking of 'Hair,' and that nude scene is at the beginning of Act II with the 'Hare Krishna' song.

I just want to see John Legend's phat ass

It’s odd they’re doing a show that denies Jesus’ divinity on Easter.

They’re going to change the ending.

John Legend plays Jesus and Alice Cooper plays Herod. Here's the cast:

Ooh, look at all the nude actors, R3!

Oh, wait. There aren't any.

You stupid git.

Ooh, look at all the nude actors, [R3]!

Oh, wait. There aren't any, AGAIN.

You stupid git.

I wanna see legends schlong...

r4 You're half right. The nudity comes at the end of Act I,with the song "Where Do I Go?"

Jesus's big butt is DIVINE!

[quote]Are they going to fuck it up by tacking a resurrection on the end?

My favorite production of it, at a small regional theatre, ended with a solar eclipse behind the crucifixion. Dude's dead!

Actually, it was in the finale "Let the Sun Shine In" in most productions.

The one I saw in 1980 did it for the "trip" scene, and did "Let the Sun Shine In" with coats and snow falling. It was good, too.

Gossip about the 2008 production's nude scene:

This is what I saw in a 1980 college production:

Adelaide: The original production of HAIR had the cast members getting under this parachute-like-piece of fabric during the song, which had slits cut in it. They’d undress under the fabric and then stand up through the slits and sing. I

Wow, that took no time at all for this thread about NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar production to get highjacked by people wanting to talk about stage dick in Hair instead. Well done horny bitches!

Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene. Woman's got some pipes.

Enjoy it, R17. Derailing threads on here is like playing foosball for straights.

Oh, I do, R18. I've been around here a looong time, and random thread drift is a treasured part of the experience. I was just impressed with the speed of the flip, and also hoping to see some more on-topic discussion, as JCS the concept album was kind of big a part of my teen-age gayling musical development.

Yes, right. Back to JCS.

I saw a rock concert no-sets version as a preteen and loved it.

Here's a wacky version I just found on YouTube, with Rik Mayall as Herod.

The movie version of JCS featured future porn star Paul Thomas as Peter, and Patti LuPone's brother as James.

The perfectly cast Alice Cooper will reprise his cameo as Herod:

Movie Peter's peter, for those yearning for the HAIRy dicks

This 2000 film version; the opening song looks like a gay brunch with that one Debbie Downer (Judas; Jerome Pradon, who is kinda hot).

The Jesus in this film looks retro gay porny, too.

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Please not John Legend with his baby face. Hugh Jackman even.

Are the rightwing nutbags having a fit over a Black Jesus?

Oh great, now Chrissy Teigen is going to think she's either an angel or a saint, because it's always all about her.

I just won’t be able to get Chrissie Teigen out of my head. I’ll be thinking about her recipes or something.

JCS never denied Jesus divinity. It always worked great for both believers and atheists. The creators were atheists but took great care no to offend Christians. And it always fit well with easter. No change necessary.

My older sister took me to see the original Sydney production in the early 1970s. Sitting behind us were three nuns and at the end one of them said 'Well that was very good but it's a shame they didn't show the Resurrection'.

Alice Cooper? No thanks.

Who gets to sing "Day By Day"?

Did the Jesus from all those clips (I think his name was Glenn Carter) ever get beamed up by the aliens? He was a part of some UFO cult or something.

John Legend's voice is too weak for Gethsamane.

For R33!

John Legend doesn’t have the high notes for any of it. He’s singing them all in falsetto. Why was he cast?

r37, see r5 for the answer to your question.

The Judas in that clip R24, was such a vocal wreck that he was fired during rehearsals for the Broadway move in 2000. The Jesus was very bland and boring but the replacement Judas was pretty great if a boy bandish.

WIll this be on Broadway HD or Netflix later? I want to see Norm Lewis, but don't want to watch this show live on Easter.

Of course because the religious right has take over politics, we have to see this Jesus shit everywhere

R37, he was cast because he’s John Legend.

Duh

They should have gotten Air Supply for this. Does anybody remember Air Supply?

Technically, Godspell doesn't have a resurrection either.

I love John Legend and frankly I don't care if his vocal skills are not up to DL's high standards.

It's too bad they'll probably be wearing loose-fitting clothing. I'd love to see Norm Lewis's (charter member of the BBDC) VPL.

I'm there with you R46 - had a crush on Norm forever

Pilate and Herod are so often played as caftan queens. Nice to hear Alice Cooper butch it up!

It stars John Legend. It's already fucked up.

I want to see this.

That means nothing to me R42.

Jesus was white.

It isn't one of my favorites but was very good overall. Orchestra and lighting were great. Damning with faint praise, but far superior to all of the other live musicals that have been staged on TV over the last several years.

The constant, manic screaming from the audience every time John Legend would walk across the stage was driving me nuts. I couldn't get through the entire thing.

Would have been much better without the screaming audience

[quote]Jesus was white.

The odds of this being true are pretty low given when Jesus was purported to have been born, where he was born, and who his mother was said to have been.

The Trump nuts are already complaining about this show.

Eden Espinosa’s interesting performance on I Don’t Know to Love Him. At 3:00 she made it her own,