Jesus (right, played by John Legend) confronts Judas (Brandon Victor Dixon) in NBC's live television performance of "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 2018. It was 1978, and my younger sister and I sat cross-legged in front of my mother’s stereo, mesmerized by the green glow of the console and by the music coming out of the speakers on either side

Obviously a 40-year-old concept album can't match the sumptuous orchestrations or sound quality we have with the 1996 Lyceum Theatre recording, but even so, this is the sound of Jesus Christ
This production was darker than the Washington, D.C., production and was revised and directed by Gale Edwards, who had previously collaborated with Lloyd Webber on an updated production of Jesus Christ Superstar. The original West End cast included:
Songs: The Temple / Everything's Alright (Reprise) / I Don't Know How To Love HimStarring Jeff Fenholt as Jesus and Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene The original release was also the first "event" album of the '70s, presaging a brace of generally less successful efforts in that direction, ranging from Lou Adler and Lou Reizner's orchestrated version of Tommy (Pete Townshend's rock opera basically blown up to Jesus Christ Superstar dimensions) to the soundtrack All This and World War II and . 372 55 166 121 120 378 132 32 159

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