Loud, driving music in the “rock opera” style. A stage show/movie with flamboyant costumes, long hair and sex appeal. The controversial retelling of Gospel stories to depict a new age version of ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. — Credit director John Saunders for going for broke in his bold, imaginative treatment of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera, “Jesus Christ Superstar" at the Mac-Haydn Theatre ...

Of course, the line on Jesus, theologically, is that he was (or is) both man and God, and Rice’s lyrics in the more self-doubting numbers, like “Gethsemane,” go a long way there, but it’s ultimately ...