A live musical recounting the final days of Jesus Christ and those around him.
Directors: David Leveaux, Alex Rudzinski
Stars: John Legend, Brandon Victor Dixon, Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels.
Camille A. Brown ... choreographer
borrowed dvd
27 songs in the Soundtracks, all Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice (when it has lyrics).
When the film started, I thought I was going to like it better than the Spartan '73 film. But the audience was too prominent and vocal. Plus it might be that I just like a couple of the songs and not the whole show. But that might be partly my fault for not watching closely enough to discover who the characters are and what they're singing about.
The most interesting thing about the production is updating it so the followers were punk/grungers. I suppose some of the teachings would appeal to nihilists.
Rated 7.8 (2,515)
distr. NBC, dir. Leveaux & Rudzinski; 6
