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Jesus Christ Superstar tells the story of the last seven days of Jesus Christ: from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday through to his death on the cross at the hands of Pontius Pilate. The production originally started out as only a record because producers were too afraid to take on such a high-risk project. However, when Jesus Christ Superstar premiered at Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City, New York on October 12, 1971, it was an instant success and ran for seven hundred and twenty performances. There have been two video productions made; one in 1973 and the other in 2001.


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Musical Numbers

Act I
Overture - The Band
Heaven On Their Minds - Judas
What's the Buzz? - Jesus, Mary, Chorus
Strange Thing Mystifying - Judas, Jesus, Chorus
Everything's Alright - Mary, Judas, Jesus, Chorus
This Jesus Must Die - Caiaphas, Annas, The Priests, Chorus
Hosanna - Caiaphas, Jesus, Chorus
Simon Zealotes - Simon, Chorus
Poor Jerusalem - Jesus
Pilate's Dream - Pilate, Tymia Green
The Temple - Jesus, Chorus
Everything's Alright - reprise - Mary, Jesus
I Don't Know How to Love Him - Mary
Damned for All Time - Judas
Blood Money - Annas, Caiaphas, Judas, The Priests, Chorus

Act II
The Last Supper - Jesus, Judas, The Apostles
Gethsemane - I Only Want to Say - Jesus
The Arrest - Judas, Jesus, Peter, The Apostles, Caiaphas, Annas, Chorus
Peter's Denial - Peter, Maid by the Fire, Soldier, Old Woman, Mary
Pilate and Christ - Pilate, Soldier, Jesus
King Herod's Song - Try it and See - Herod
Could We Start Again Please - Mary, Peter, Small Ensemble, Tymia Green
Judas' Death - Judas, Priest 3, Caiaphas, Chorus
Trial Before Pilate - 39 Lashes - Pilate, Caiaphas, Jesus, Chorus
Superstar - Judas, Soul Girls, Chorus
The Crucifixion - Jesus, Chorus, The Band
John Nineteen Forty-One - keyboard
Bows - Could We Start Again Please?/Superstar - The Company 



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