July 12, 2021: Fifty years ago today — on July 12, 1971 — the first authorized U.S. performance of Jesus Christ Superstar was held at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena. It was a concert tour leading up to the show's October launch on Broadway. Two days later, the show came to Asbury Park, New Jersey, where I was fortunate to be in the audience.
Unsurprisingly, the first rock opera about the Messiah caused the mother of all religion-based controversies on its 1970 release. 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 Jesus Christ Superstar è una accattivante rilettura in chiave anticonformista della figura di Cristo, tratta dalla commedia musicale di Tim Rice e Andrew Lloyd Webber e ci racconta la storia delle ultime settimane più significative della vita di Gesù Cristo (Ted Neeley). Girato interamente sulla terra d'Israele, il regista-produttore Norman Jewison ci regala un film originale ed Surprisingly, this scene occurs in the current UK touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar which finished its time in Blackpool on 14 March. Directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright, with choreography by Carole Todd and musical direction by Bob Broad, this is not a lavish production of the 1970 mega-hit from the (then) young team on the