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Shaking up traditional religious and musical iconography, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is a sight to be heard, superbly infiltrating the classic source material with originality, rock legend star power, and soulful depth.
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This Superstar was the closest that live television has come to creating a hybrid new form, combining elements of epic cinema, the stage musical, and the concert film. It's a minor miracle. Sep 19, 2018 | Full Review…
This Superstar was the closest that live television has come to creating a hybrid new form, combining elements of epic cinema, the stage musical, and the concert film. It's a minor miracle.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Buoyed by that striking production with its industrial, modern urban vibe and a star-making performance by Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas, "Jesus Christ Superstar" provided plenty of thrills for musical-theater fans. Sep 19, 2018 | Full Review…
Buoyed by that striking production with its industrial, modern urban vibe and a star-making performance by Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas, "Jesus Christ Superstar" provided plenty of thrills for musical-theater fans.
Matthew J. Palm
Throughout, I kept wishing for a better balance of energy... But when it did find it, it verged briefly on miraculous. Apr 2, 2018 | Full Review…
Throughout, I kept wishing for a better balance of energy... But when it did find it, it verged briefly on miraculous.
Hank Stuever
Led by an ethereal John Legend, the show's talented cast breathed new life into Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1970 rock opera. Apr 2, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Led by an ethereal John Legend, the show's talented cast breathed new life into Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1970 rock opera.
Caroline Siede
[Sara] Bareilles was excellent as Mary Magdalene, bringing warmth, commitment, and distinction to her songs. Apr 2, 2018 | Full Review…
[Sara] Bareilles was excellent as Mary Magdalene, bringing warmth, commitment, and distinction to her songs.
Matthew Gilbert
But by the grace of God, or maybe a great cast and lots and lots of expert staging, a great musical became a great TV production. Apr 2, 2018 | Full Review…
But by the grace of God, or maybe a great cast and lots and lots of expert staging, a great musical became a great TV production.
Lorraine Ali
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert proved just how freaking good a live TV musical can be when it's firing on all cylinders. Aug 6, 2018 | Full Review…
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert proved just how freaking good a live TV musical can be when it's firing on all cylinders.
Joshua Rivera
Masterful performances impress in modernized rock opera. Apr 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Masterful performances impress in modernized rock opera.
Emily Ashby
The ensemble players were the unsung heroes of the night, throwing themselves into every exhausting, frenetic number. Apr 3, 2018 | Full Review…
The ensemble players were the unsung heroes of the night, throwing themselves into every exhausting, frenetic number.
Mark A. Perigard
Superstar glittered its way through the last days of Christ - on Easter Sunday, no less - with enormous energy and verve, and managed to stick the landing with an unforgettable final image. Apr 2, 2018 | Full Review…
Superstar glittered its way through the last days of Christ - on Easter Sunday, no less - with enormous energy and verve, and managed to stick the landing with an unforgettable final image.
Constance Grady
Jesus Christ Superstar, even at its gaudiest, never once registered as a joke, or an out-of-control melodrama in need of a collective social media puncturing. Apr 2, 2018 | Full Review…
Jesus Christ Superstar, even at its gaudiest, never once registered as a joke, or an out-of-control melodrama in need of a collective social media puncturing.
Rob Harvilla
We were part of the live audience ready to be taken to church by John Legend and company. Not only did we find salvation, we'd venture that this was the best live TV musical yet. Apr 2, 2018 | Full Review…
We were part of the live audience ready to be taken to church by John Legend and company. Not only did we find salvation, we'd venture that this was the best live TV musical yet.
Kevin Fallon
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