JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Lyrics by Tim Rice | A rock opera based on the last week of Jesus’ life
Episode Segments:
- 0:59 - Speed Test
- 4:01 - Why God Why
- 6:57 - Back to Before
- 25:51 - What's Inside
- 51:15 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
- 1:07:23 - Our Favorite Things
- 1:15:23 - Corner of the Sky
Works Consulted:
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Libretto) by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 Film) Directed by Norman Jewison, Screenplay by Melvyn Bragg & Norman Jewison, Produced by Norman Jewison & Robert Stigwood
- Great Performances: Jesus Christ Superstar (2001 PBS Broadcast) Directed by Gale Edwards & Nick Morris
- Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018 NBC Broadcast) Directed by David Leveaux & Alex Rudzinski
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Biography by Gerald McKnight
- Andrew Lloyd Webber by John Snelson
- Unmasked (A Memoir) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Music Credits:
- "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
- "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
- "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording (Original Cast Recording / Deluxe) | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr. | Performed by Alistair Brammer
- "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
- "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
- "Heaven on Their Minds” from Jesus Christ Superstar | Performed by Murray Head & Alan Doggett
- "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
- "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
- "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
