Jesus Christ Superstar
The Musical was written by a 21-year-old composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and 25-year-old lyricist Tim Rice.
Jesus Christ Superstar is a 1970 rock musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started as a rock opera concept album before its Broadway debut in 1971. The musical is sung-through, with no spoken dialogue. It depicts political and interpersonal struggles between Judas Iscariot and Jesus that are not present in the Bible.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - "Superstar" [LIVE @ The 2012 Tony Awards]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp9G0j_ukAE
Wicked
Wicked is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, an alternative telling of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Wicked tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government, and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glsmLGpqMzA
A good synopsis of these 2 very different musicals but I would like to have your opinion and a justification to show your own critical thinking process.
ReplyDeleteHi Ella- both great musicals- maybe we should do some homework and go see Wicked! It is on in CHCH at the moment!
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