Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I just started this on the DVR for a little Saturday morning background music and got totally wrapped up in it again! From the very opening I couldn't turn away and couldn't stop singing along. When I was little my parents went to see the show on Broadway and came back to Cincinnati and bought the album and played it around the house. I listened to it over and over and have known every word of it nearly all my life. Of course my first exposure that caused this kind of emotional attachment will always be MY favorite as is the case with these other reviewers. I only wish they would recognize that! With the original broadway cast being my first love, the 1973 movie adaptation was 'crap' to me at first. Over time I have learned to appreciate the differences and enjoy the movie whenever I could catch it. When this new adaption aired, I loved it from the start. Perhaps a little perspective and maturity will help these haters to appreciate this marvelous performance over time. I'm not sure why, maybe because the music is so damn good or maybe because I go back to my childhood when my father was alive and my mother didn't have dementia and I had no worries in the world, but this presentation makes me bawl so hard I can barely sing along with it. Does anyone else experience that?

Great performance, thank God I recorded it to get past the awful commercials.

The original version with Ian Gillan as Jesus is still the best. Neeley came close.Still a nice piece of musical fiction from the masters; Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice.

I watched it after the live show so was blissfully able to avoid the commercials that were a constant complaint. But I have to gree with many of my other reviewer's that it was not good enough especially after having grown up with the concept album and the 1973 version. John legend is very clearly a talent singer but he does not have the range for this part. It was obvious in some parts that he was struggling to hit the notes. As a singer and a from a performer I actually do understand how difficult it can be to do a live show and keep the energy up and hit all the notes. However a man of his caliber should have recognized his limitations. I enjoyed some of the over-the-top antics because it fits the material. The original help prince Broadway version of the show is the definition of over-the-top and this production is subtle compared to it. I'm coming to customs I'm fine with the staging and I'm fine with most of the singers. Some of them very clearly strong including the one who plays Simon. But there are clearly some sound mixing problems that should have been worked out in dress rehearsals. Overall it is not a horrible introduction of Broadway shows to today's audiences but for those who love the theater it was simply not good enough.