Y'all bunches of haters!!! It's beautiful performance and great cast ❤❤

The cast was beyond amazing and incredibly preformed

John is a Legend! wow!! what a performance! also brandon Victor as Judas was Amazing!

I LOVE John Legend as Jesús

Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas was OUTSTANDING in this production! And Sara Bareilles was superb, as well. John Legend delivered the role with emotion and poise. So glad to have watched it live in 2018.

@user-gu2sq3ex6j

Ай бұрын

FOR REAL Brandon owned every frame he was in

TED NEELY WAS THE BEST JCS EVER HE WILL NEVER BE REPLACED

@benncheong3802

29 күн бұрын

And so was Carl Anderson..Bless Him.

@doriskalanzis4030

2 күн бұрын

YES all time and forever!!!! ❤

@doriskalanzis4030

2 күн бұрын

and Yvone Elliman all time best Maria Magdalena

I love Sara Bareilles and John Legend ❤

I couldn't see my comment on the internet so I'm going to say it again I love the people that played the law in the play and I loved the choreography and I also love the man that played Peter and when he denied Jesus three times I love the way you all did it and the way Mary comforted him

@violet9853

25 күн бұрын

I agree!!!😊😊😊

sin duda alguna,el mejor Jesucristo Superestrella que ha pasado por las peliculas y escenarios es TED NEELY,fuera del estilo de como cantan,la mejor version de todas es la de la pelicula del 73

Can’t beat Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson.

@susankingston8437

9 ай бұрын

Ian Gillian was the best JC

@beaed9296

9 ай бұрын

@@susankingston8437Ian never acted the part, only sang it which was fantastic.

@nitahuffman4882

7 ай бұрын

Think they did right here.

@TheHManShow

5 ай бұрын

Honestly yeah no one has ever topped them! But Brandon comes VERY close to Carl

@nikischabernak7626

2 ай бұрын

No one can. They embodied it❤❤

I watch every version of JCS only to find out who plays Judas and how well he performs on "Haven on their minds" . Then move on. I'm sure I'm not the only one LOL. Super nice you shared this HQ video.

@tifflynn

Ай бұрын

What are you comparing them to? It's the 1973 film for me.

@natnanatna100

Ай бұрын

@@tifflynnOh yes!

The version of jcs that has mel c and tim minchin is my favourite cast of it icl

Love Judas though! ❤

The man who sang Judas is superb.

Increíble Legend....

Dixon was as close as possible to Carl Anderson. Carl was amazing. John Legend tried but hitting those notes the others did just was not in Legends wheelhouse.

Awesome outstanding powerful exciting moving modern John Legend

My fav “Judas” was Tim Minchin!

This my favorite version of JCSS. Jon legend and Alice Cooper are perfect.

I have seen this production but the Tim Minchin version was the best ever.

Fantastic musical with the amazing voice of John Legend ! ❤

Brandon Victor Dixon CARRIEDDDD this whole show. I know his back was on fire

I know at least 5 performers completely unknown to the general public who sing this role a thousand times better than Legend

@mariankremer

Ай бұрын

Ben forster

@user-il5nk7bq5n

13 күн бұрын

God chose John for the role because he wanted the best.

Awesome!! Well done!!.you John ledgend moved me !!! People have said you don't look like JESUS lol has anyone ever seen GOD ..he'll no, not yet !!!

@RuthKramerLaBrunda

2 ай бұрын

Spelled your name wrong for a reason

This confirms my idea that any theatrical performance is better than its movie version

@jamesthefirst8790

Ай бұрын

I was gonna say exactly the opposite... There is no better version than the 1973 Movie... with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson... when you add Yvonne Elliman and the rest of the cast... they are unreachable...

@vahnfanelle

Ай бұрын

@@jamesthefirst8790 The Immortal Ted Neely. like you i think the 1973 movie version is the best

This looks great! I’d watch this version in person.

So good!

Beautiful!

Great

There two categories of people who have been Jesus in JCS: Ian Gillen and everyone else.

Great show

Para mi, la versión original es grandiosa.

YOu Guys should see Jakub Wocial, Jesus role in Jesus Christ Superstar. He is the best :)

Singing for musical theater is a whole different thing!

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While I think John is a great singer, he wasn’t the right choice for Jesus. They probably went for name recognition if anything. If that is right and they wanted that soulful voice, they should’ve gone with someone like Bruno Mars. Just imagine that, Bruno Mars belting the gethsemane note. That could’ve been so good!!

Io amo molto John Legend, ma nei panni di Jesus Christ proprio no. Interpreta se stesso e poi non ha la vocalità adatta. Da ragazzina ho visto al cinema Jesus Christ Superstar per la prima volta, ho comprato Lp lo conosco a memoria e lo canto in casa, ma l'unico Jesus è Ted Neeley, incomparabile. Il primo ruolo era stato offerto a Jan Gillan, ma poi il film è stato girato da Ted. Sono le due voci più spettacolari del panorama internazionale di tutti i tempi. In Italia qualche anno fa sono andata a ben 3 spettacoli in diverse città dove c'era il Musical di JCS e dove c'era Ted e ho conosciuto personalmente il sogno di tutta la mia vita, sono rimasta impressionata dal fatto che nonostante l'età abbia mantenuto la voce, in pezzi spettacolari come "Getsemani" Mi dispiace non c'è storia per nessun altro. John Legend sei un mito, ma come JCS ti boccio. 😜

No doubt the best performance of Jesus Christ Superstar ever!

I love JCS, this show looks good, but Tim Minchin as Judas in the Arena Tour is the best Judas I have seen.

@garlottos

2 ай бұрын

Better than Carl Anderson? I like Tim Minchin, but he was pretty weak as Judas imho

@mariankremer

Ай бұрын

I liked the passion Tim showed but he could have done less screaming during his songs.

“What if I just stayed here and ruined your ambitions?”

How to turn a rock opera into a TV pop festival. How disappointing.

You can not possibly think john legend did Jesus ANY justice. He ruined one of my favorite rock operas.

I agree that John Legend was not the best choice for this role, but he still did okay. My main problem is during Hosanna, how he wasn’t at all shocked when the crowd asked “won’t you die for me?” Like dude, they want you to die. You aren’t creeped out by that?

Though John Legend is not a rock singer and is not my favorite Jesus by any means, he was clearly dedicated to doing his best and boy he did! And in fact in several moments he actually did quite surprisingly well! Let’s just not talk about Gethsemane

I love Jesus Christ Superstar, but John Legend was not a good fit for Jesus. I think he was picked because he is a big name. Same goes for Alice Cooper as King Herod - more for his name, then suitable for the role IMO. Brandon Dixon who played Judas was great, and of course Sara Bareilles and Norm Lewis as well. I will always love the concept album with Ian Gillian and Murray Head, original film with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, and the 2000 version with Glenn Carter and Jerome Pradon.

@kolokolokolok

9 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree with you! John and Alice were taken only because of the names. I agree with the productions that you said, but I was very impressed with the staging for the Arena Tour 2012! It was something, such a scale, and all the roles (in my opinion) fit perfectly! Ben Forster, Tim Minchin and Melanie C are great!

@terrylewis_

9 ай бұрын

@@kolokolokolok I do like the Arena Tour as well, I loved how they modernized it. My only issue is I was so sad at how much they auto-tuned Tim's voice! It was so heavy handed that it was distracting for me.

@kolokolokolok

9 ай бұрын

@@terrylewis_ Yes, I was also very upset about the autotune. Ben has it too... although they all sing so beautifully without him.

@Antlover420

9 ай бұрын

Brandon Dixon was AMAZING

@kathrynwitte3398

9 ай бұрын

The members of the Emmy voters certainly disagreed with you and THEY are the professionals- unless of course YOU are an Emmy Award winning casting agent.

Es Judas.

@nancycambareri4535

21 күн бұрын

It's "etc tu, Judas.". Get your Latin straight. "Es" is Spanish; they didn't speak it - Aramaic, Greek and Hebrew. That's it.

@nancycambareri4535

21 күн бұрын

It's "et tu, Judas.". Even the Internet won't pick up this ancient, and very meaningful, phrase. How very sad and poignant towards our future demise.

@JoseLuis-dk3ur

20 күн бұрын

Quise decir que ese actor es un Judas perfecto.

He was absolutely wrong for that role. Did not have nearly enough control for the high notes. He struggled so much. A true Jesus has to be a virtuoso singer in the high registers with room to spare.

@TamiBlackburn-om9ky

Ай бұрын

I agree his voice for this role was not good enough to play JCS

I agree John Legen was NOT the person for this role

John legend no stage presence in my opinion.

why is the whole london version posted but not this one?? i watched a few minutes of the london one, and it is too new agey for me.

I don't know why they're judging this man that played Jesus in this play I thought that the people were that were in the play were very very good and I thought that the man that played Jesus was good and I enjoyed it very much and I've watched it three times already who cares if it ain't Ted Neeley I think you all did great and you're probably had a really good time doing it too can brought you closer to God I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina up on Pisgah Mountain I'm white but I thought that y'all's the way y'all look is more realistic you know how Jesus might have looked to me and I love the man that played Jesus and the man that played Judas and the woman that played Mary Madeline I like the way the man that played jesus carried his self in the in the in the play I really enjoyed it my mama bought me the album when I was 10 years old it was a double album so I knew the words way before I seen the movie when I was grown I'm 60 years old now do you know when I was 10 years old I was in the checkout line with my mother at the grocery store and I picked up a little book that used to sell these little books for $0.25 and I picked up this little book and I was 10 years old and what I seen on the book was a three-wheeler with a guillotine on the back of it cutting Christians heads off come over here in America is like everywhere else we're all Neighbors can people need to realize that why do people have to criticize when all y'all tried to do was good and it brought you closer to God I know it did into the girl that played Mary Madeline I love you you've got the most beautiful voice and Judas he was so good in it a lot of people just criticize and I'm so sorry for that but y'all have a good one and just remember I'm praying for you and I'm enjoying Watching You on KZread thank you for getting it together and making it and just remember Jesus loves you you know that and nothing's impossible with God you know that too we live in such uncertain times I've always felt since I was a little girl that I was going to be murdered for Jesus that's okay they can only kill me one time I don't want to die but I will I Fear God and Jesus Is My Friend and the people that played the law they were really good too just look up to the sky and you'll see Heaven it ain't far away it's right there y'all enjoy your life look at the sunshine enjoy your children can you keep having fun playing Jesus Christ Superstar okay it ain't hurting nobody I love the way you put a turn on it like that it wasn't much of a turn but it was a little turn from the original movie but I thought the term y'all made in the play was really good I cried all the way through it I pray you all have peace I pray the whole world has peace and y'all keep singing okay because y'all are really really great and also I have to say the the music in it was so good it was really really great I don't think people know how hard y'all worked at doing this I mean what did they expect you to be the stars that were in the movie come on the play was just as good as the movie y'all have a good one can enjoy life okay everyday❤

@WillieMontville-tg5qi

Ай бұрын

Hey there was one more thing I wanted to say I love the people that played the law in the play and I loved the choreography in the play thank you God bless you

❤😂❤😢😮❤😮❤😢😢 ❤😢❤😅😢 ❤😮❤😅😮 ❤❤❤❤😊Our Savior Rises The Musical Works in the Truth of the Godspel Mary Magdalene is represented well. Thank God!!

Oops...Well, I'm afraid this really isn't the best performance...and not commenting on anything else

John Legend is great, but he clearly was not that suited to the role. Gethsemane is a very specific song, he did a decent job for sure, but it wasn't a great fit.

He wasn’t that bad

John Legend was the worst miscast of all time in this role. The 2012 Arena Tour with Tim Minchin, Ben Forster and Melanie C. was fantastic! Ben Forster was a great Jesus both vocally and acting, his Gethsemane blew me away! The only point of criticism: He did some overacting in the crucifixion scene.

Worst performance of JCSS of all time. I've seen better HS performances. Judas was good but not even in the same stratosphere as Carl Anderson. The rest, especially Legend, were totally miscast and outclassed. Legend was a lounge singer walking through the part in a bath robe. Couldn't touch Ted Neely.

@rosagratefulmaroja.13

Ай бұрын

NO ONE can touch Ted!!!

This role of Christ requires a very high belt and this is not Legend’s forte.

John Legend couldn’t hit half of the notes. 😬

I enoyed John Legends acting. Vocally John Legend stands above previous actors who played this part. No struggle. His voice is smooth and conveyed the emotions each song should have.

ミレーさんの描く「羊飼いの少女」では、迷えるコヒツジたちを導くのはシェットランドシープドッグの役目 少女はお仕事丸投げで、自分ごとに全集中で周りみてない

There was no best of this show. It was garbage. Legend couldn't sing the role. If you have low expections and haven't seen even a community production this may seem capable but it's terribly miscast.

Nah...not even close

HE DOES NOT REACH THE HIGH NOTES HOW COME HE WAS CHOOSEN FOR PLAYINMG JESUS????????

Best of john legend as jesus christ... When hes not even singing in the first song? Is that a comment on he shouldnt be singing? If so i disagree completely

Sorry, don't think John Legend did that good a job. Ben Foster was fantastic and put much more emotion into the role. And Ted Neely.....hard to beat. I agree Brandon Victor was amazing as Judas.

nope

Pathetic. Not even close to the original

There is only one Jesus ...............Ted Neeley .................John Legend sucked in the roll

@erichfiedler1481

9 ай бұрын

John Legend was awesome

@sickofthestupid1067

9 ай бұрын

@@erichfiedler1481 he was not even fit to be Neeley's understudy.

@joandevries1256

9 ай бұрын

@@sickofthestupid1067 I know of one more who is acceptable but i agree that is not John Legend nor that other man i have seen on this channel in an earlier video.John Legend can sing but not in Jesus Christ Superstar.

@Kristine_202

9 ай бұрын

Your username is "sick of the stupid" and you don't know how to spell "role?" 🤣

@kathrynwitte3398

9 ай бұрын

The CINNAMON roll or the FORWARD ROLL?

Is John Legend still married to THAT cyber bully???