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Jesus Christ Superstar Info

As a rock opera, the production is sung-through with no spoken dialogue. It famously blends:

Emotional reflections such as Mary Magdalene's "I Don't Know How to Love Him" . Vaudeville/Comedy: The satirical "King Herod's Song" . Key Characters Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a groundbreaking 1970 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice that humanizes the biblical figures of Jesus and Judas Iscariot. Originally released as a concept album because no producer would stage it, the show eventually became a global phenomenon, spawning a 1971 Broadway debut and a 1973 feature film . Narrative Perspective As a rock opera, the production is sung-through