Jesus Christ Superstar Onstage

Posted by Cindy on August 5, 2009

Jesus Christ Superstar is one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musicals. While it has had some nearly controversial aspects associated with its history it remains extremely popular and is commonly produced around the nation as well as elsewhere across the globe. The strongest aspect that contributed to the controversial nature of its performances was the opposition expressed by conservative Christians. Some individuals and groups considered the musical and its story line to be blasphemous. This opposition, as is common in these circumstances, contributed to greater interest in the musical by certain other people. However, the brilliance of the music and dynamical representation of the last days of Christ’s life are the main reason the musical holds such a strong place in the musical theatre scene. It also achieved critical success and won 5 Tony Awards, including the one for Best Original Score. Tim Rice wrote the lyrics.

The musical begins with an overture by Judas, who ponders the future of the Jesus’ small following and the fate of the messiah himself. The lyrics give the warning about the growing popularity of this once humble and obscure man. The story continues and includes songs by the masses, the followers, the priests, Herod, Pilate, Mary Magdalene, Jesus and more. The plot traces Jesus’ and the followers arrival in Jerusalem through to his crucifixion. The crucifixion is also the focus of the show’s most popular song, Superstar. It is sung by Judas and the dancers just prior to Jesus’ actual crucifixion. In addition to the musical, a film has version was made in 1973 starring Ted Neeley as Jesus and Carl Anderson as Judas. It has become something of a cult classic. Theatre tickets for the stage productions of this musical are easy to find, as it is playing somewhere in most regions at any given time.

Concert Tickets at Anime Con

Posted by Cindy on August 4, 2009

Wow, talk about plans going all wrong! My roommate and I only live about 45 minutes or so from Anaheim, so we never thought it would be necessary to take full advantage of Day Zero in all the years we’ve attended an AX . Our real interest this year for AX was getting Concert Tickets or SKIN. Since we knew the lines on Day One would be a total nightmare of outrageous proportions, we thought it would be best to pick up our badge holders and tickets on Day Zero.

Were we ever wrong. Our plan was to leave early in the afternoon so we would avoid the 5 o-clock rush hour traffic, but both of us couldn’t get off work until 4pm. So, of course, we ran into the worst possible traffic congestion we’ve ever seen. Literally, it took us 2 hours to get to Anaheim, where it would’ve only taken 1 hour with regular traffic congestion. We managed to find parking easy enough, that was great. We picked up our badge holders with ease too, no lines, at all!  We were pretty please with the ease of parking and getting our badge holders, so we thought picking up the Concert Tickets would be a breeze too. We were so wrong.  We stood in a gigantic line for over 3 hours! There was no way we’d be able to get our tickets by the 8pm deadline. We watched as most of the people waiting in line gave up and left. A few, like ourselves stupidly continued to wait. Luckily, the box office stayed open until 9pm.

Even though our original plan was to pick up our badge holders and tickets on Day Zero, zipping in and out in a quick fashion didn’t happen, but in the end it turned out okay. But, wow, Day One…that’s a totally another story….a true disaster!