Why did “Jesus Christ Superstar” work so much better on TV on Easter Sunday night than I have ever seen it work onstage? (I include, perhaps unfairly, the Brophy College Preparatory production of the ...

Hello, Broadway fans. The next big live musical TV event is here, and NBC is adapting the 1973 Andrew Lloyd Weber/Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. (And on Easter and Passover, no less!) The ...

NBC's live staging pulls 'Hairspray'-esque numbers, topping '60 Minutes' among viewers and 'American Idol' in the demo. By Mikey O'Connell TV Features Editor More than a year after its last staging of ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice are attached, as are NBC live musical staples Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. NBC is bringing is live musical event formula to Easter, revealing plans to stage “Jesus ...

The pop star raised his hands, striking a messianic pose from the stage as the adoring crowd strained to touch the edges of his flowing robe. A savior greeting his disciples. An earlier version of ...

John Legend, Sara Bareilles, 'Hamilton' veteran Brandon Victor Dixon and Alice Cooper headline NBC's Easter Sunday special, performing the 1971 rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. By David ...

Since its birth in 1970 as a rock-opera album, “Jesus Christ Superstar” has taken form on Broadway, in a feature film, thousands of community productions, a hit concert tour with a Jesus chosen via ...

NBC’s Easter night telecast of “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” sparked more than a few hosannas on social media. Reaction to the live staging of the 1970-vintage rock opera from Andrew Lloyd ...

It’s only appropriate that NBC‘s Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert air on Easter Sunday. There is no better way to celebrate the Holy holiday than with an Easter egg hunt in the day and a live TV ...

NBC’s Easter Sunday production of “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” was, as the young people say, doing the most. This musical threw together glitter, sequins, leather, writhing hotties, a few ...