By Matthew Sweet
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The film version of Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), with Ted Neeley, far right, as Jesus. |
Superstar began on ITV1 on Saturday July 7 at 7.25pm
Friday, 13 July 2012
Jesus Christ Superstar: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical Goes From ‘Evil Brew’ to Family TV in "Superstar"
Posted on 08:05 by john mical
THE TELEGRAPH
By Matthew Sweet
UNITED KINGDOM---Sir Tim Rice and Lord [Andrew] Lloyd Webber’s 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is a four-decade phenomenon. The show was banned last month in Belarus after a campaign by Orthodox prelates, who claimed to be acting on the wishes of “insulted believers”. Starting next Saturday, British television is to provide the show’s enemies with more pulpit material. The new arena staging will discover its leading man through the quasi-judicial process familiar to viewers of the phone-ins that have procured Lloyd Webber a Maria, a Nancy, a Joseph and a Dorothy. It’s called Superstar. [link]
Superstar began on ITV1 on Saturday July 7 at 7.25pm
By Matthew Sweet
Superstar began on ITV1 on Saturday July 7 at 7.25pm
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