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
A Chocolate Covered Christmas Carol at A Chocolate Affair: A Night of Elegance and Community
Encore Theatre and Gallery (12/29 - 12/29) | ||
Beetlejuice
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex [Concert Hall] (5/6 - 5/11) | ||
Crimes of the Heart
TBA (4/16 - 4/19) | ||
Les Miserables
Von Braun Center [Concert Hall] (5/6 - 5/11) | ||
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
BJCC Theatre (3/2 - 3/2) | ||
Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical
Bean-Brown Theatre (7/17 - 7/20) | ||
Annie
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex [Concert Hall] (1/15 - 1/19) | ||
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