Posted by Editors on August 5, 2008 · 2 Comments
Devotio Moderna: Ted Neeley’s Passion Play
What is a Passion play? What effect is it meant to have on the viewer? What, if any, effect might it have on the actor who plays Christ? These are the questions that I would like to answer, turning attention towards how the answers to those questions have changed over time—in history and our own modern time.
Category Movies, Music, Religion, Rock Opera · Tagged with A History of God, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Annas, Caiaphas, Carl Anderson, Christocentric Piety, Herod Antipas, Hypostases, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas Iscariot, Karen Armstrong, Last Temptation of Christ, Mary Magdalene, Neeley On the Road, Nikos Kazantzakis, Norman Jewison, Ousia, Passion Play, Personae, Pontius Pilate, St. Anselm, St. Augustine, St. Basil of Caesarea, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Jerome, Ted Neeley, Tim Rice, Yvonne Elliman
Posted by Editors on July 3, 2008 · 3 Comments
About a month ago I watched Norman Jewison’s 1973 film “Jesus Christ Superstar” for the first time. The film and musical score date from my childhood, and I was therefore amazed that it has held onto its “freshness” in terms of its music and impact. To begin with, it seems Rice and Webber’s rock … Continue reading →
Category Movies, Music, Rock Opera · Tagged with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bread and Circus Magazine, Carl Anderson, Holy Week, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas Iscariot, kenosis, Norman Jewison, Passion of Christ, Rock Opera, Ted Neeley, Tim Rice, Yvonne Elliman
