Jesus Christ Superstar

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concept album film adaptation rock opera stage musical television special

Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera musical, later adapted into a film, that dramatizes the final days of Jesus Christ through contemporary music and storytelling.

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Surface form Occurrences
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
film adaptation ⓘ
rock opera ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
television special ⓘ
basedOn Gospels ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber ⓘ
containsDialogue minimal spoken dialogue ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
filmDirector Norman Jewison ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1973 ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
religious drama ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasStageRevival multiple international revivals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Tim Rice ⓘ
narrativePerspective Judas Iscariot ⓘ
notableRevival 2012 London Arena Tour ⓘ
notableSong Everything's Alright ⓘ
Garden of Gethsemane ⓘ
surface form: Gethsemane

Heaven on Their Minds ⓘ
Hosanna ⓘ
I Dont Know How to Love Him ⓘ
Superstar ⓘ
notableTelevisionProduction Jesus Christ Superstar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
originalAirDate 2018-04-01 ⓘ
originalAlbumReleaseYear 1970 ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1971-10-12 ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Mark Hellinger Theatre ⓘ
originalMedium concept album ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
originalStagePremiereYear 1971 ⓘ
originalWestEndOpeningYear 1972 ⓘ
portraysCharacter Annas ⓘ
Apostles ⓘ
Caiaphas ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
Judas Iscariot ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ
surface form: King Herod

Mary Magdalene ⓘ
Pontius Pilate ⓘ
productionType contemporary retelling of Passion story ⓘ
settingPeriod last week of Jesus life ⓘ
style through-sung ⓘ
subject Jesus Christ ⓘ
final days of Jesus ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
celebrity culture ⓘ
faith ⓘ
political unrest ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Norman Jewison → directed → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
Jesus Christ Superstar → notableTelevisionProduction → Jesus Christ Superstar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Andrew Lloyd Webber → notableWork → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
Craig Zadan → notableWork → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Neil Meron → notableWork → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Norman Jewison → notableWork → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
Tim Rice → notableWork → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
Neil Meron → producerOf → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Tim Rice → wroteLyricsFor → Jesus Christ Superstar ⓘ