The Arizona Daily Star today published a glowing review of the School of Theatre, Film & Television’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Critic Kathleen Allen praised director/choreographer Christie Kerr for “packing lots of action into the small stage at the Tornabene Theatre on the University of Arizona campus.

Ted Neeley, who starred in the musical and film versons of "Jesus Christ Superstar" will appear at a screening of the movie Sept. 20 at the Drexel.

The musical film Jesus Christ Superstar celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, and it’s one of the more controversial retellings of the Jesus story. At the same time, it opened the door for new approaches to telling Jesus’ story, like the 2004 rock opera !Hero .

"Jesus Christ Superstar," with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will launch the 42nd season of Moonlight Stage Productions at the Moonlight Amphitheatre from May 10-27 at 8 p.m

The representation of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar was clearly influenced by hippie culture and the Jesus movement that had emerged in late 60s California, leading some to ask if the musical
Jesus Christ Superstar is the 1973 film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical of the same name. Directed by Norman Jewison ( In the Heat of the Night ), the rock opera tells the last weeks in the life of Jesus Christ leading up to the Crucifixion. The film contains many intentional anachronisms, including the wearing of modern day
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