Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Multiple Jesus Christ Superstar recordings see streaming gains of ...

High priest Caiaphas, portrayed by Adam DelMedico with an ice-cold sneer of triumph, takes the stage to play the distinctive guitar lick at the start of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” onstage at Theater ...

To wrap up another great season Asolo brings us “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Originally Brought to Broadway in 1971 and running through mid-1973, after 711 performances, it closed to mixed review.But by ...

The musical creative team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice has probably never been accused of much subtlety or nuance. As a rule, the pair liked to do things splashy and over the top, and one of ...

‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo’s casting as Jesus Christ in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ ignited backlash on social media, but the musical has always been controversial. Cynthia Erivo is going from Wicked ...

Adam Lambert sits on a rickety wooden chair just outside the main chapel at the Hollywood United Methodist Church on a break from rehearsing the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Dressed in beige ...

At 81 years old, Golden Globe-nominated superstar Ted Neeley is still singing on, and singing better than most. The superstar of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the 1970s rock opera and film known for ...

As Cynthia Erivo channels the Son of God, her Judas is coming to her defense. Ahead of this weekend’s star-studded Jesus Christ Superstar concert at Hollywood Bowl, Adam Lambert defended the casting ...

Of course, the line on Jesus, theologically, is that he was (or is) both man and God, and Rice’s lyrics in the more self-doubting numbers, like “Gethsemane,” go a long way there, but it’s ultimately ...

Following his casting news as King Herod in the Hollywood Bowl‘s upcoming Jesus Christ Superstar concert, Josh Gad has dropped out of the show after coming down with Covid. With opening night on ...