Jesus Christ Superstar

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