JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Palace Theatre, Manchester. Until Saturday 23 September 2023 Fifty-three years ago this October, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice released a musical concept album for a new rock opera inspired by the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in a bid to help secure funding for a full stage production.
The rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, written by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, and the movie of the same name, directed by Norman Jewison, may seem to be biblical on the surface, but upon closer inspection they have many theological flaws and stray from the true biblical account of who Jesus is and what He came to do.
The Preacher’s Son Who Became Alice Cooper. The positive reviews of Cooper’s cameo may not come as a shock for some, as the devout Christian has previously recorded a 1996 version of “King