The award-winning rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar lands at The Lowry
From its journey from concept album to stage to film, the award-winning rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is surely a production destined, since its very first Broadway outing in 1971, to return again and again to the stage.Depicting the last days of the son of God, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical begins with the duplicitous Judas confronting Jesus over the way he is leading his disciples and his kindness towards the loose woman Mary Magdalen.
The highlight of the show is, without a doubt, Drew McOnie's choreography, the drably dressed disciples working themselves up from a zombie-like state into a frenzy of orgiastic bloodlust, making for strangely compelling viewing. Jad Habchi's thundering bass tones as Caiaphas add atmosphere too, his voice providing a striking contrast to the fake Judas' frenetic falsetto.
None of the characters really stand out though, Jesus included. They are presented more as figureheads than real people you can have strong feelings about.
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