Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jesus Christ Superstar grossed $24.5 million ($161.3 million in 2022) at the box office [3] and earned North American rentals of $10.8 million ($71.1 million in 2022) in 1973, [14] against an estimated production budget of $3.5 million. [2] It was the highest-grossing musical in the United States and Canada for the year. [15]
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 direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples.
Yvonne Elliman and Ted Neeley sing "Everything's Alright" in the 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar. Yvonne Elliman, who sang the part of Mary Magdalene on the original rock opera concept album Jesus Christ Superstar [3] and also in the 1971 Broadway original cast [4] and 1973 film, released a single of "Everything's Alright" in 1971, which reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 album musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, on which the 1971 rock opera was based. Initially unable to get backing for a stage production, the composers released it as an album, the success of which led to stage productions.
In December 1969 and January 1970, when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice completed Jesus Christ Superstar, Rice wrote new lyrics to the tune of "Kansas Morning" to provide the solo number for the character of Mary Magdalene (Rice and Webber's agent David Land would purchase the rights to "Kansas Morning" back from Southern Music for £50).
The movie “Jesus Christ Superstar” will screen with star Ted Neeley in attendance at 7 p.m. Sept. 20, at the Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley. General admission tickets cost $20. For ...
Robert Franklin Bingham (born October 29, 1946) is a retired American actor and singer. Bingham is best known for playing the role of Caiaphas in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar in the first USA concert tour, original Broadway cast, original French cast, and in the 1973 film version.
On 4 May 2018, Aztec Records released an audio 2-CD set of a complete performance of Jesus Christ Superstar, recorded live at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney in December 1973. [25] Unlike the studio recording, which had been released as a single LP in 1972, this recording contains the entire score of the rock opera.