Loud, driving music in the “rock opera” style. A stage show/movie with flamboyant costumes, long hair and sex appeal. The controversial retelling of Gospel stories to depict a new age version of ...

*Controversy has often reared its crown of thorns head throughout the history of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” since Andrew Lloyd Weber & Tim Rice’s rock opera’s humble October 1970 debut as a double ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the weekend of the Erivo-Lambert production (Aug. 1-4), the original 1970 cast album increased 288% in streaming activity ...

“Jesus Christ Superstar” is getting starrier. The three-night production of the classic Broadway musical that is set for the Hollywood Bowl this summer is adding Adam Lambert to the cast, as Judas. He ...

‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo’s casting as Jesus Christ in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ ignited backlash on social media, but the musical has always been controversial. Cynthia Erivo is going from Wicked ...

Following acclaimed and sold-out runs in London and an extensive international tour across North America, the UK, and Australia, the Olivier Award-winning revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar” arrived ...

In October 2024, Time Out London was totally honest: “There was only the smallest window in history when making a rock musical about Jesus was a viable prospect,” and yet composer Andrew Lloyd Webber ...

Cynthia Erivo is addressing the criticism over her casting in the upcoming three-night production of Jesus Christ Superstar. The Wicked: For Good star shut down the negativity around her, scoring the ...

The musical creative team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice has probably never been accused of much subtlety or nuance. As a rule, the pair liked to do things splashy and over the top, and one of ...

On Sunday night, shortly after 10 p.m., “Gethsemane” was trending on Twitter for the first time since… Well, for the first time ever. Gethsemane is the garden in Jerusalem where Jesus prayed before ...

High priest Caiaphas, portrayed by Adam DelMedico with an ice-cold sneer of triumph, takes the stage to play the distinctive guitar lick at the start of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” onstage at Theater ...