Synopsis
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018), NBC's live rock opera broadcast with John Legend and Sara Bareilles, is available to watch online on iFILM. Legend plays Jesus, Bareilles takes on Mary Magdalene, and Brandon Victor Dixon brings an intense physicality to Judas — the character the entire show revolves around.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the original stage musical in 1971, and its central move — telling the Passion story entirely from Judas's point of view — made it controversial before opening night. The 2018 production drops sets and period costumes entirely, staging it as a live concert: orchestra front and center, performers in street clothes, the music doing all the work.
Alice Cooper as King Herod is a casting choice that deserves its own paragraph, and it delivers. Stream Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018) online on iFILM.
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