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IN STORES THIS CHRISTMAS!
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Behind the Scenes of the Worldwide Musical Phenomenon
By Ellis Nassour
“Ellis Nassour has given us an utterly invaluable tome about Jesus Christ Superstar from the perspective of someone who witnessed much of it up close. Dense with information about the planning and machinations of putting this extraordinary musical together and filled with exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photographs, this should be on every JCS fan’s shelf!”
– Gibson DelGiudice, producer, author of Impressions of a Crucifixion, and co-creator of JCS Zone
JCS Zone was privileged and honored to be part of the research process for this new book from the author of Rock Opera, the original opus on the creation of JCS from the initial “Superstar” single to the 1973 film’s release. This fresh volume promises to continue the story, incorporating new information about the past half-century as well as covering the 50 years that followed. Click the book cover above to be directed to the official website, or visit our Box Office page in the Nav.Bar to be directed to information about promotional appearances (book signings, Q&As, etc.) where you can meet Ellis Nassour — and, sometimes, JCS Zone’s admin — in person!
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Mediocre until it's not
Casting stars can go two way, either you’re a John Legend or an Alice Cooper, who both make their JCS debut in this special. John Legend is very uninteresting as Jesus, he can churn out emotional moments well but simply does not have the range for a lot of the songs and the costume designers must have had a break as he looks like he’s wearing pajamas from a hospital. To the man playing Judas there isn’t much to say but he almost had it yet just fell so short off the mark! Mary and Peter were not the most memorable but not bad. The highlights came in Simon’s number and whenever Pilate was on! There hasn’t been a better Simon in my opinion, he sung his Superstarussy off, and Pilate was a delight! Camp yet intimidating. Alice Cooper made a fun cameo, I enjoyed him in it greatly yet it did feel more like he was playing himself then Herold (not like I mind)!
The staging was fun, I’ll always love an complex industrial scaffolding one yet it did feel very underultalised and the costumes were…embarrassing, like they were picked last minute from a rack. The audience is something I can’t complain about as it was more of a concert then official version. Yet the worst part was the handling of Judas’s death. It was confusing and underwhelming. I understand it was live TV and that’s hard to depict such a rough topic yet something else could have surely been done. The crucifix was huge and an okay end yet the actual number ‘Superstar’ was unfortunately average.
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