My Wife and I Will Be Streaming the New "Jesus Christ, Superstar"

[MineralMan]

this afternoon. For 30 years, watching that musical has been our Easter habit. We're both atheists, but that's how we celebrate Easter.

I'll be interested to see how the new version changes the musical.

Hulu has it available for streaming, if you're interested.

[Voltaire2]

1. It couldn't be worse than the original.

But it could try.

[Tree-Hugger]

2. I love JCS

I was in the play in ny high school drama club. Our chorus sung some of the songs at Holy Saturday mass. Good times. Love the music. I am super partial to a Ted Neely Jesus.

[MineralMan]

5. We saw Ted Neely in his very last stage performance of it.

It was here in the Twin Cities. They backed him up on the high notes with a recording. I guess he couldn't reliable hit them any longer. He wasn't lip-synching, but the sound track recording was always backing him up.

It was a bit of an awkward performance, overall, but we wanted to see it live once more with him in the role. I played in the pit orchestra for a short run of the musical in California. That was fun. A lot of doubling on woodwind instruments.

[Delmette2.0]

3. Thanks.

I need something to watch this afternoon.

[llashram]

4. cool

will watch. Loved the original. Did not know there is a remake. Not an agnostic, not an atheist. Just not sure of all written in any holy book, any religion. Yet surely there is a reason for holy books outside human agendas.

[MineralMan]

6. Scriptures and holy books are products of the human agenda, really.

Societies create religions. Humans created gods to explain the unexplainable.

Simple.

[llashram]

7. hey

probably true.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

11. Yup.

[NewJeffCT]

10. They did a live remake of it a few years ago shown on one of the major networks

John Legend played Jesus & Brandon Victor Dixon was terrific as Judas.

(BTW - Dixon also played Aaron Burr in the Chicago version of Hamilton)

[Ocelot II]

8. There is so much magnificent music for Easter

to be relished, whether or not you are a believer. I don't think Andrew Lloyd Weber can compete with Thomas Tallis or J.S. Bach, but then I've never been a fan of any musical theater - so I'll stick to the classics. Enjoy some chocolate eggs while you're watching.

[dugog55]

9. The movie is on Showtime (on Demand) if anyone is interested. We watch it a couple of times a year

especially at Easter. Wonderful musical, and I like the interpretation of the story too. Despite criticisms, no one really knows what went down that weekend. Every depiction is fictional one way or another.

[Thunderbeast]

12. The NBC Live Show with John Legend is GREAT!

I am also an Athiest....but this show is womderful.

Alice Cooper as King Herod was another surprise.

https://g.co/kgs/AM6h1x

[MineralMan]

13. I can't wait to see Alice Cooper as Herod.

"Herod's Song" is one of my favorites.

"Prove to me that you're no fool! Walk across my swimming pool."

[3catwoman3]

15. Herod's song is a total hoot. One of my favorites, too.

When this musical first came out, my mother was a school nurse in a local Catholic school, and she told me she was going to give the album of this show to the nuns for a Christmas gift. I only knew the title, not the content, and was under the impression that it was obscene. Horrified, I said, ”Mom, are you sure you should do that?”

[Silent3]

14. This particular atheist likes the orginal London cast album

Has anyone done better than that? Never cared for the one American remake I'm aware of.

[soothsayer]

16. I don't see how anyone could top it