RtS: Jesus Christ Superstar

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 03-15-2007, 11:24 AM

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Jesus Christ Superstar
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Thousand Oaks, CA
March 14, 2007

The Lowdown
Jesus and Company sang amazingly but the rest went to hell.

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The Scene
Jesus Christ: Superstar wasn’t so super.

I was lucky enough to get an extra ticket for the show playing at the TO Civic Arts Plaza last night and I was really disappointed. Disappointed to an extent in the fact that the vocals were absolutely astonishing but the music, story and set were really terrible. Ted Neely, who I understand was in the movie, was just a force of nature with his vocals and the guy playing Judas was really great. Judas was played by the lead singer of a band from the 80’s called “Living Colour” if you remember them.

I don’t know how it was on “Broadway” and I haven’t seen the film, but other than the vocals by everyone in the cast, it was just plain boring. Everyone kind of loitered around stage. The set was nothing more than a bridge and some stairs. I had seen other shows with simple sets, like Man from La Mancha which was just a wall and a main stage and more was done with that set than the one used in JC:S.

The other problem I had was the “Who is that” factor. Ok, Mary I get, although she didn’t act much like a mother. Judas, I understood who he and Jesus were. The others in the cast, I had no idea who they were. It was just a bunch of people hanging out with JC and I suspect had I not known he had 12 apostles, that Mary was the mom and such, I would’ve been lost.

The heckling factor was pretty high especially near the end when he’s in his adult diaper on the cross. “Jesus Christ… pooped his pants…”

So, who else has seen the show?

03-15-2007, 11:24 AM	#1
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	RtS: Jesus Christ Superstar Rank the Swank - Theater and Movies Overall Swank Rank Jesus Christ Superstar Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA March 14, 2007 The Lowdown Jesus and Company sang amazingly but the rest went to hell. __________________________________________________ The Scene Jesus Christ: Superstar wasn’t so super. I was lucky enough to get an extra ticket for the show playing at the TO Civic Arts Plaza last night and I was really disappointed. Disappointed to an extent in the fact that the vocals were absolutely astonishing but the music, story and set were really terrible. Ted Neely, who I understand was in the movie, was just a force of nature with his vocals and the guy playing Judas was really great. Judas was played by the lead singer of a band from the 80’s called “Living Colour” if you remember them. I don’t know how it was on “Broadway” and I haven’t seen the film, but other than the vocals by everyone in the cast, it was just plain boring. Everyone kind of loitered around stage. The set was nothing more than a bridge and some stairs. I had seen other shows with simple sets, like Man from La Mancha which was just a wall and a main stage and more was done with that set than the one used in JC:S. The other problem I had was the “Who is that” factor. Ok, Mary I get, although she didn’t act much like a mother. Judas, I understood who he and Jesus were. The others in the cast, I had no idea who they were. It was just a bunch of people hanging out with JC and I suspect had I not known he had 12 apostles, that Mary was the mom and such, I would’ve been lost. The heckling factor was pretty high especially near the end when he’s in his adult diaper on the cross. “Jesus Christ… pooped his pants…” So, who else has seen the show?
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