Jesus Christ Superstar Live

[Mo Horn 8843]

Combination of Andrew Lloyd Webber at his best and a great cast. Best live tv performance I've seen. 

[atomheartbevo 89674]

I might catch highlights on YouTube or watch it on Hulu, but  it just reminds me that nobody can match Carl Anderson as Judas. 

[Mo Horn 8843]

And nobody can come close to Ted Neely,  but John Legend is doing a great job.

[Whitman 694]

It has been pretty good.  I've been a big fan since the 70's and seen countless performances (including a live Neely revival a few years ago).  The only thing that strikes me is that Legend plays a more confident or cocky Jesus than others I've seen.  As mentioned above too, nobody can match Anderson (a Virginian).  

[BlueGreySky 1007]

Really really good. Judas, Caiaphas, Annas, MaryM all cast perfectly.

Glad they stayed pretty faithful to the original score.

Caught one change and one mistake.
-one of Pilates lines, "what is truth? Is truth unchanging law? We both have truths, are mine the same as yours?" Was pretty heavily changed. I am sure there were other small edits.
-legend came in a few bears behind on one line toward the end. It was a part where I bet 95% didn't notice because of how repetitive the music is at times.

Would watch again.

[Jive Turkey 12598]

Brandon Victor Dixon is a bad man. 

Wonder if Mike Pence watched.

[PhillyD 1257]

That was really good.  I loved it.

[NWBuck 8568]

Do I remember correctly that Alice Cooper has played Herod before? 

I know Dennis Deyoung played Pilate a few times... 

[DanRydell 799]

1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said:

Brandon Victor Dixon is a bad man. 

Wonder if Mike Pence watched.

He was phenomenal

[Godzillatron 292]

Dixon was the star of the show.  Thought the guy playing Pilate did a great job as well.

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

7 hours ago, Godzillatron said:

Dixon was the star of the show.  

He was unreal. 

[Jerry Callo 8703]

Stumbled upon it and was not disappointed.

 

[Fuga 180]

Any one know of any torrents anywhere?

[Bozo_Casanova 26462]

This was really good. And exceptional camera work and direction. Large scale live theater is extremely difficult to televise. 

[AUinHsv 579]

It was tremendous and that's from someone who lived the original movie. This rocked because of the cast and because they did it live - I was amazed how well they were without a net amd how a lot of the songs sounded almost the same as the album.  The choreography was amazing.

[Mileslong 4727]

Im assuming Jesus has a rap battle with pontius pilate?

 

[Jive Turkey 12598]

On 4/2/2018 at 10:08 AM, Fuga said:

Any one know of any torrents anywhere?

It’s free on the NBC app. 

https://www.nbc.com/jesus-christ-superstar

[Fuga 180]

11 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

It’s free on the NBC app. 

https://www.nbc.com/jesus-christ-superstar

Thanks! Been too busy to think straight.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Watched it on Hulu last night. Outstanding job considering it was live.

The guys who played Caiaphas and Annas were outstanding as was Mary.

 

[LonghornSean 3998]

Was out of the country so didn't watch til tonight.  Fun production. loved it.  It's one of my favorite musicals and they did a great job. 

Agreed that Caiaphas (played by Norm Lewis) was fantastic.

[Sbbruin 21853]

PSH was awesome.