Nicolas Cage said he wanted to star in a musical, and mentioned the part of Pontius Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar." in movies like “Wild at Heart” or the superhero film “Ghost Rider The musical has been revived on Broadway three times, most recently in 2012. Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film; Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert aired on NBC in 2018, John Legend Will Star As Jesus In NBC's Upcoming Musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert’ By Cynthia Littleton, Variety • Dec. 19, 2017, 12:40 p.m. ET Ladies and gentlemen, an EGOT is While Godspell uses skits and sketches to illustrate Jesus’ teaching, Jesus Christ Superstar takes the show business scene as the foundation of its existence. That film opens with a busload of performers who arrive at an isolated spot in Israeli desert and unload the costumes and props (including an oversized cross) from their vehicle. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (the original album was released before its theatrical production, and featured Deep Purple's Ian Gillan in the title role), is based on a loose, often anachronistic interpretation of the last week of Jesus' life. Thus the combination of rock music with ancient, biblical themes in Jesus Christ Superstar, as is the original soundtrack from the film Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Ted Neely (Jesus Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1973 American musical drama film directed by Norman Jewison and jointly written for the screen by Jewison and Melvyn Bragg; they based their screenplay on the 1970 rock opera of the same name, the libretto of which was written by Tim Rice and whose music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 2019 US tour. 2020 Regent's Park Open Air. Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centered on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the 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. It The often-called Brown Album was the original version of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” a rock music depiction of the last week in the life of Jesus Christ. It was my first feature film and rIuUFj.