BIG NEWS FOR THEATER
FANATICS, THE REENACT MEANT OF
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR IS COMING
TO NEW MEXICO.
THIS PLAY IS SET AGAINST THE
BACKDROP OF AN EXTRA ORDINARY
SERIES OF EVENTS IN THE FINAL
WEEKS IN THE LIFE OF JESUS
CHRIST AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES
OF JUDAS.
IT HAS PROVEN ITSELF TO BE A
WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON AND YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE IT LIVE IN PERSON IN
THE DUKE CITY.
JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS MUSICAL IS THE STAR WHO
BETRAYS JUDAS, JAMES.
HOW ARE YOU WAS TO MARK GREAT TO
HAVE YOU WITH US.
-- GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
HE COMES TO LIFE ON THE SCENE.
IT STOLE THROUGH THE EYES OF
JUDAS, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
THAN WHAT WE'VE GROWN UP WITH.
JUDAS HAS A UNIQUE STORY TO
TELL.
HE GET THE BEST SONGS IN THE
SHOW IN MY OPINION.
SO THIS IS THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THIS AMAZING PLAY
AND YOU GUYS ARE MAKING IT COME
TO LIFE ON STAGE.
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
IF NO
ONE HAS EVER SEEN IT BEFORE?
THE CHOREOGRAPHY
, IT IS A
ROCK OPERA TOLD THROUGH MODERN
DANCE AND ITS TRADITIONAL
MUSICAL THEATER BUT IT'S ALSO,
THE CONCEPT IS TO GO BACK TO THE
ALBUM, THE VERY FIRST RELATED --
ORIGINAL CONCEPT ALBUM STARTING
AT A FOUNDATION OF THAT ALBUM
AND IT'S A REALLY NEAT CONCEPT.
THAT IS A PRETTY COOL THING
TO SAY.
YOU LOOK AT THIS STAGE LIGHTING
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY YOU SEE
WHEN YOU SEE THIS COME TO LIFE.
IT IS AN AMAZING PRODUCTION.
SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT THERE ON STAGE.
THE WHOLE IDEA ALSO, IT'S A
ROCK CONCERT AS WELL WITH MODERN
DANCE AND IT IS ELECTRIFYING.
NORMALLY
PEOPLE WOULDN'T SAY
THE BIBLICAL TELLING OF THE
STORY IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
ENTERTAINING, BUT IT COMES TO
LIFE IN THE FORM OF
ENTERTAINMENT.
IT WAS A LOT OF RIOTS WHEN IT
FIRST CAME OUT BECAUSE IT WAS
TOLD THROUGH JUDAS.
THE GOSPEL
CAMO TO TELL A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE HE HAD TO
DO OTHERWISE THE WHOLE PLAN
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED.
IT STARTS ON THAT
AND IT GOES
THROUGH HIS LAST FEW DAYS AND IT
IS --
YOUR ROLE IN
PER TRAIN THIS
CHARACTER, WHAT YOU HOPE THE
AUDIENCE TAKES AWAY FROM THIS?
INSPIRATION, THE
QUESTION, I
BELIEVE IN QUESTIONING
EVERYTHING.
WE LOOK AT JUDAS IN ANOTHER
LIGHT.
THIS REALLY PUTS JUDAS ON THE
SAME PLANE AS JESUS IN THIS
PARTICULAR NARRATIVE THAT HIS
SACRIFICE WAS AS GREAT BECAUSE
HE WAS -- FOR ALL TIME AS
OPPOSED TO BEING LIFTED UP FOR
ALL TIMES.
AND OF COURSE BROUGHT TO LIFE
THROUGH THE CHOREOGRAPHY AND
STORYTELLING OF JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR ON THE STAGE.
IS THIS OPEN FOR ALL AGES TO
CHECK OUT?
I WOULD SAY IT GETS PRETTY
GRAPHIC AS FAR AS THE
CRUCIFIXION SCENE.
, I WOULD SAY
TEENAGERS AND UP.
I'VE SEEN SOME YOUNGER KIDS
THERE WHO HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IT
, I WOULD SAY BE CAUTIOUS.
THIS IS SOMETHING COOL WE ARE
ABLE TO SHOWCASE HERE IN THE
DUKE CITY, THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
THIS IS OPENING WHEN?
TONIGHT.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS DOWN.
YOU HAVE TONIGHT AND ALL THE WAY
THROUGH SUNDAY TO MAKE SURE YOU
CAN CHECK OUT THIS WONDERFUL
PERFORMANCE.