Jesus Christ Superstar was the first professionally staged theatrical  production by legendary Broadway hit makers, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The musical rock opera, which first hit Broadway in 1971, tells the story of the last week in the life of Jesus of Nazareth and his struggles wit...

What's more shocking — that Rick Reilly has never met Dave Barry or that Kurt Warner had never spoken to Tim Tebow? Well, at least, one of these duos have finally made a connection. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Warner reached out to Tebow a few days ago, just to reach out, introduce hims...

Após uma pequena abertura musical, a peça começa com um monólogo musical do apóstolo Judas Iscariotes, que expressa sua preocupação com a sempre crescente popularidade de Jesus como "rei" e as repercussões negativas que isso pode ocasionar ("Heaven on Their Minds"). Apesar de Judas ainda ama...

Salve Galera Lacrimejante, Depois de um longo tempo longe do blog, volto com uma verdadeira obra prima. Esta é aquela que merece o título de Primeira Opera Rock: Jesus Cristo Superstar.O filme de 1973, dirigido por Norman Jewison, foi baseado no musical apresentado pela primeira vez em 1970 e escr...

I've been thinking a little more about Jack Black's turn as Jesus in Prop 8: The Musical. In particular I was thinking about the similarities between the film and the arguments between Jesus and the Pharisees in the gospels. It's a parallel I'm, a little uncomfortable making. Rightly or wrongly, acc...

This week on "American Idol," contestants sang songs from the canon of music theater genius Andrew Lloyd Webber. The field had been narrowed to six contestants, and each worked one on one with Webber to prepare their song. Carly Smithson,......

Dance workshop is performing a really fun piece as the Palm Sunday processional at the Lutheran Church on Sunday. Using music from "Jesus Christ Superstar" _Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord_ I ache from stem to stern and the (much thinner thank you) thighs feel like they weigh a ton. But I feel alive ...

Filed under: Obits, Michael Moore, Cinematical Indie St. Claire Bourne (1943-2007) - Filmmaker who directed the documentary John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk and was the unit manager for When We Were Kings. He also appears as himself in the doc How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (...

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