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John legend, sara bareilles, alice cooper, brandon victor dixon, and sir andrew lloyd webber talk about their prep for jesus christ superstar. Jesus christ superstar paul nolan stars in a new production of the musical on broadway at the neil simon theater. In 2010 mcanuff was the subject of a documentary special entitled des mcanuff. A new production of jesus christ superstar was mounted at the stratford shakespeare festival, in stratford, ontario, in 2011. Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few. Jesus christ superstar at the neil simon theater the. Director des mcanuff s hyperkinetic productions can give the impression that he never. Mcanuff is a twotime tony awardwinning director and former artistic director of the stratford festival. The jesus of andrew lloyd webber and the lyricist tim rices 1971 rock opera, jesus christ superstar now in its fourth broadway revival, at the neil simon, directed by des mcanuff, is. The accolades continue to pour in for des mcanuff s triumphal production of jesus christ superstar. Well talk to director des mcanuff about his production. The broadway revival of jesus christ superstar, which opened at the neil simon theatre march 22 after a critically praised, extended run at the stratford shakespeare festival last year, ends its broadway run july 1 after 116 performances. Jesus christ superstar director des mcanuff on how he.

Summer, doctor zhivago, jesus christ superstar, guys and dolls, aaron sorkinas the. Its hard to pin down jesus in the 1971 rock musical jesus christ superstar. Director des mcanuff talks about jesus christ superstar. Jennifer brownthe starledgerdes mcanuff, director of jesus christ superstar and jersey boys. News features theatre classic arts film and tv seth rudetsky. This vibrant, worldpremiere musical charts the incomparable life of donna summer the undisputed queen of disco. Stratford festival artistic director des mcanuff was one of those teenagers who had found himself in awe of the original jesus christ superstar album. Director des mcanuff s hyperkinetic productions can give the impression that he never met a scaffold, an elevated catwalk, a.

After 40 years, jesus christ superstar and godspell continue to attract devout fans. Des mcanuffs stratford festival production much more than a revival. Rene van kooten, berget lewis, charly luske en richard groenendijk geannuleerd. With ted neeley, carl anderson, yvonne elliman, barry dennen. Sometimes, cocreators andrew lloyd webber and tim rice seem to agree with mary magdalene, who sings hes. When jesus christ superstar opened on broadway in 1971, andrew lloyd webber and tim rices sungthrough chronicle of the last seven days of christ set off a firestorm of controversy. Gather ye round and hear the gospel of jesus christ superstar s inspiring journey from canadas stratford shakespeare festival to tony award nominee for best revival of a musical. Jesus christ superstar live in concert first look youtube.

A life in stages which was a part of the broadcast schedule on bravo. A production of jesus christ superstar could be dressier and more ornate than this lucid, cleanlined, efficient rendering, by des mcanuff, brought down from canadas stratford shakespeare. Its composer, andrew lloyd webber, and its librettist, tim rice, have made the trek to the stratford festivals avon theatre to take in performances. Josh young judas discusses the music in jesus christ superstar. On an otherwise spare stage of stairs, a balcony and bleachers, scripture scrolls by in led lights. Super producer des mcanuff opens jesus christ superstar in california and faust in new york on subsequent evenings. For evidence, you need only look at mcanuff s superb pair of productions at this years festival, jesus christ superstar and twelfth night, both of. Jesus christ superstar director des mcanuff on how he became the master of rock musicals. Jesus christ superstar revival, musical, drama, broadway opened in new. Anna baines, wardrobe cutter, discusses the creation of costumes for the stratford shakepeare festivals 2011 production of jesus christ superstar.

Directed by des mcanuff, the cast starred paul nolan as jesus, josh young as judas, brent carver as pilate, chilina kennedy as mary magdalene, bruce dow as herod and melissa oneil as martha. Bigcast superstar shines at welk the san diego union. During the 201112 season at the metropolitan opera he directed a new production of charles gounods faust starring soprano marina poplavskaya and tenor jonas. Theater producers will tell you that jesus christ superstar is a tough show to stage. Jesus christ superstar broadway musical 2012 revival ibdb. You need a big cast, rock opera voices, a rock band, dozens of costume changes and bullettrain pacing. Playhouse director emeritus des mcanuff jersey boys, jesus christ superstar, the whos tommy directs this musical. The broadway production opened with an led ticker display starting at 2012 that rapidly counted down to the year 33. Stratford, ontario des mcanuff, the artistic director of the. In des mcanuff s broadwaybound revival of jesus christ superstar, costume designer paul tazewell dresses the title character in solid white, as if offering a blank canvas on which the.