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1. | Overture | Shaun Henson/Mark Carroll/Nick Holmes/Perry Douglin/Stuart De La Mere/Billy Carter... | |
2. | Heaven On Their Minds | Jerome Pradon | |
3. | What's The Buzz?/Strange Thing, Mystifying | Matthew Cross/Kevin Curtin/Paul Vickers/Mykal Rand/Paul Keating/Gerard Bentall/Grant Anthony... | |
4. | Everything's Alright | Renee Castle/Jerome Pradon/Glenn Carter | |
5. | Hosanna | Frederick B. Owens/Glenn Carter | |
6. | Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem | Tony Vincent/Glenn Carter | |
7. | Pilate's Dream | Fred Johanson | |
8. | The Temple | Glenn Carter | |
9. | I Don't Know How To Love Him | Renee Castle | |
10. | The Last Supper | Matthew Cross/Kevin Curtin/Paul Vickers/Mykal Rand/Paul Keating/Gerard Bentall/Grant Anthony... | |
11. | Gethsemane (I Only Want To Say) | Glenn Carter | |
12. | King Herod's Song | Rik Mayall | |
13. | Could We Start Again, Please? | Renee Castle/Cavin Cornwall | |
14. | Judas' Death | Jerome Pradon/Michael Shaeffer/Frederick B. Owens | |
15. | Trial Before Pilate (Including The 39 Lashes) | Fred Johanson/Frederick B. Owens/Glenn Carter | |
16. | Superstar | Jerome Pradon | |
17. | Crucifixion | Glenn Carter | |
18. | John Nineteen: Forty-One | Glenn Carter/Jerome Pradon/Renee Castle/Fred Johanson/Rik Mayall/Frederick B. Owens | |
Jesus Christ Superstar has been the definitive rock musical ever since its 1972 stage premiere in London. Revived to great acclaim in the late 1990s, it has everything you'd expect from a blockbuster: great songs, strong characterization, and, crucially, a cracking good story. This release is based on the 1998 London production (also available on video and DVD). For the revival, director Gale Edwards pulls few punches in her efforts to draw a modern interpretation from a gifted cast. Pilate's cronies are sinister Darth Vader look-alikes. The whole thing has a hard, brutal edge, which both startles and thrills. And anyone who dismisses musicals as lightweight confections could do worse than look at the way Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice treat Judas: this is a complex, well-written role. The performances are largely excellent: Jerome Pradon's Judas shines, and Renee Castle's Mary reinvents 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' as a delicate exploration of her dilemma, far removed from its usual overblown treatment. Rik Mayall's relentlessly mugging Herod is less of a bonus than he would like us to believe, but he will doubtless appeal to his fans. And the quality of Glenn Carter's singing in the title role makes up for a slight deficiency in the charisma department.