by NYBroadwayTours | Jul 24, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: It has just been confirmed that Tony Award winner Diane Paulus and Emmy Award winner Alex Rudzinski (will join forces to co-direct NBC’s next live TV musical…. HAIR. In addition, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (who brought the Live TV musical productions back to life) will once again producer.
The live televised presentation of HAIR (the groundbreaking rock opera about a tribe of hippies during the anti-Vietnam war era) is set to go live on the air on May 19th, 2018.
For Paulus (the director of Waitress the Musical, Finding Neverland – The New Musical, Pippin the Musical, and the upcoming Broadway bound Jagged Little Pill) is no stranger to the world of HAIR: The Musical. She previously directed the acclaimed 2009 Tony winning Broadway revival.
For Rudzinski, he is no stranger to capture a live musical for television. He previously television directed the most recent Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert on NBC.
Are you ready to LET THE SUNSHINE IN?
#HairLive #Hair #NBC #LiveTVMusical #LetTheSunshineIn #IBelieveInLove #BeIn #Aquarius #TheAgeOfAquarius #Hashish #Donna #Peace #Freedom
The Age of Aquarius is Near! NBC’s HAIR LIVE! Will Air Next May, with Direction by Diane Paulus and Alex Rudzinski
NBC’s Live broadcast of the hit rock-musical HAIR, directed by Diane Paulus and Alex Rudzinski, is set to air May 19, 2019, TV Line has reported.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
NBC, critics, and screaming fans have been raving for last night’s spectacular live concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Super high ratings people. #JesusChristSuperstarLive
NBC’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE Earns Three-Year Ratings High in Early Returns
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert aired last night, April 1, on NBC. The live broadcast starred Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy Award winner John Legend has been cast as Jesus Christ, rock legend Alice Cooper as the flamboyant King Herod and acclaimed recording artist, songwriter a…
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by NYBroadwayTours | Feb 23, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
HOSANNA!! Announcing the Ensemble, full, and final casting of NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live. From what we know, the Ensemble is expecting to feature a full all-star lineup of some of your favorite Broadway performers.
This live televised production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock opera will be coming to you live and on the air from the Marcy Armory in Brooklyn on April 1st, 2018.
Who is excited?
#JesusChristSuperstarLive
What’s the Buzz? Full Company Announced for NBC’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, Tony Award-winning producer, ‘Hamilton’ alum and ‘Power’ co-star Brandon Victor Dixon will star as Judas and join an already stellar cast in NBC’s highly anticipated special event ‘Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,’ to be aired Easter Sunday, April….
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by NYBroadwayTours | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
HOSSANNA! More casting has been announced for NBC’s upcoming live televised production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Joining the previously announced Grammy winner John Legend as the title role, Tony and Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles as “Mary Magdalene”, and rock legend Alice Cooper as “King Herod” in this new live concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock opera will include….
Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Broadway’s Motown the Musical, Shuffle Along on Broadway, and last seen as “Aaron Burr” in Hamilton: An American Musical) will take on the role of the head apostle “Judas” (known to kiss and betray the title character),
Tony Award nominee and Olivier Award winner Ben Daniels as the governor of Judea himself “Pontius Pilate”,
Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis (The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess on Broadway, Les Miserables – Musical, Broadway’s first African American actor to play the title role in The Phantom of the Opera, and currently in the revival of Once On This Island Broadway) as the head evil high priest “Caiaphas”,
Jason Tam (last seen on Broadway in If/Then Musical) as apostle “Peter”,
Jin Ha (Broadway’s Hamilton: An American Musical and last seen in the revival of M. Butterfly) as the wicked priest “Annas”,
and acclaimed Swedish rock singer Erik Gr?nwall as apostle “Simon Zealotes”.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE will be filmed live at the Marcy Armory in Brooklyn. Tune in to NBC on April 1st, 2018.
Who is excited about this all star lineup?!!
Brandon Victor Dixon Will Play Judas in NBC’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
TV Line reports that Brandon Victor Dixon will appear as Judas opposite Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper and John Legend in NBC’s special event JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT, to be aired Easter Sunday, April 1. The next incarnation of NBC’s series of live musicals will be an exuberant concert s…
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by NYBroadwayTours | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog, Broadway
HOSANNA!! Grammy Award winner John Legend has been tapped to star in the title role for NBC’s upcoming live televised production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar this Spring 2018.
Legend joins the previously announced legendary rock star Alice Cooper as “King Herrod”. Additional casting will be announced soon.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will be NBC’s 5th live televised musical and their first live production airing in the spring. It’s set to go live on the air on April 1st, 2018 (Easter Psalm Sunday).
In addition, it was also announced that the production will be filmed as a live concert in front of large audience at the Marcy Armory which is located in Williamsburg (right in Brooklyn).
Who is excited?
#JesusChristSuperstarLive
John Legend to Star in NBC?s ?Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert?
John Legend has been tapped for the title role in NBC?s live staging of ?Jesus Christ Superstar,? set for Easter Sunday. ?We?re all overjoyed to have world-class musical artist an?
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