Judas' Story - 'The Making of Jesus Christ Superstar'
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- Опубліковано 9 лис 2015
- Gale Edwards, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Jerome Pradon discuss the role of Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar.
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A global phenomenon that has wowed audiences for over 40 years, Jesus Christ Superstar is a timeless work set against the backdrop of an extraordinary and universally-known series of events but seen, unusually, through the eyes of Judas Iscariot.
It was the first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage and first came to major theatres when it debuted on Broadway in October 1971 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York.
Less than 12 months after the Broadway show opened, the rock spectacle went to London, exploding onto the West End at the Palace Theatre in August 1972 in a hugely successful production. By 1980, after 3,358 performances, Jesus Christ Superstar had become the longest running musical in West End history at the time and grossed $12.3 million.
In all, Jesus Christ Superstar has grossed over $205 million and has been professionally produced in 42 countries around the world! - Фільми й анімація
You know, that the vocal range of the songs for Judas are very high for the tenors to sing them all. Also, Jerome's vocal range is high, but baritone. However, he did it. That's what I think he is incredible.
For the record, Jesus' was higher and wider. Accdg to wikipedia article, jesus's lowest note was lower than Caiaphas (Jesus is A2 alongside with Peter and Pilate while Caiaphas was C#2) and the highest note is G5, higher than Magdalene's Ab5.
In conclusion, Jesus got the highest and the lowest note in the role.
BUUUUT I do agree that Judas' is much better in performance for it's wide range of technicality and emotion though (Damned for All Time, Superstar, literally anysong of his is very dynamic in style, technique and genre). Pilate was the strongest, he has the best grits (trial before pilate).
Ok but why the fuck did they cast Jerome when he doesn't have the range
Jerome acted very well in this version! His singing voice was an acquired taste but he gave it his all which I respect and did justice to the role
Harper Craven I agree completely! His voice always sounds like he is very distraught and emotional, which fits Judas perfectly. He's not my favorite, but his acting is truly amazing
Yeah I don't mind his voice. He's the only actor in this version that I kinda like (or I should say, the character portrayal....nothing against the actors themselves obvs lol)
The 1973 and the 2000 versions are great, but very different styles. Enjoy them both.
Dan R ive actually never seen the 2000 version completely but when I’ve seen clips of that version I’ve always been repulsed by the style. To me it feels like all the soul is gone... But i guess I’m gonna give it shot thanks to your comment!
Keep on putting on more Broadway Musicals because I love them all
Where can I watch the 2000 one
love him as judas
In the movie Judas is talking to Jesus after they are both in heaven. I think. They are both in white. Judas died and so did Jesus. But Jesus didn't rise yet. Now I have to see it again
yeah in the movie this song's placement is kinda mysterious, non-linear. It's like this moment spliced in that hearkens to what's going to come "after." And the way Judas is speaking is very present day (what a present-day believer who has his doubts might say), so I feel like it slips out of space and time really.
Now that I think of it, I think they might have had this song at the very end, but at test audience wasn't feelin' it, so they moved it up before he died.
Actually Judas was the same way in the scriptures . They were brothers ..Lol ...Sort of like Anakin and Obi wan . But Judas got nervous , He didn't like all this attention , he didn't understand that Jesus was more then a man , That he was God in the flesh . Jesus would not play the show that Harod wanted to play . He wants his followers to move by faith ..faith alone .
What's your source (just curious)
The movie version of Jesus Christ Superstar really made it a worldwide hit in the 70s and onwards. In regards to Judas, Tim rice actually says in an interview that the character of Judas was written in regard to how he himself would have felt in that situation. For a start, he only had the scriptures of the Bible to go on and there is nothing else from that time to give writers any background to that character. From what I have read in the Bible, Judas did start off loyal to Jesus. But he was also stealing money from the treasury box so he had more than just loyalty issues. Jesus in the movie comes across as frail and a bit moody. There was some talk going around when the movie came out that Jesus might have been tempted to have sexual relations with Mary Magdalene since she was formerly a prostitute before becoming his follower. But Jesus has also been accused of being homosexual and other things despite there being not much in the Bible eluding to this. It is true that Mary Magdalene did apply oil to his feet and hands but that was a middle eastern custom at the time. The idea that she was wasting it on Jesus came from Judas and would indicate that by that time, his feelings for Jesus had soured. The whipping scene was very tempered since in Roman times they used broken animal bones and sharp objects on the whips which would have left Jesus' whole back cut open and bloody - a bloody, broken mess. He would have lost a lot of blood than in the movie. I think the cast of the movie made Jesus Christ Superstar the big earner that it became. You didn't really care that the clothes and props were obviously not from the first century. The music and the direction made it a surrealwatch even though I personally noted some of the obvious deviations from the Bible account. 46 years on, that movie is still considered to be the greatest rock opera movie ever made.
Jerome Pradom, make the
papper as Jusas!
This play is very interesting and likable, because it has good music, biblical texts and unique theological themes, but too bad, it is contrary to the actual historical text. In those texts, Judas was declared a thief by the circle of men surrounding him and Jesus. They declared that it was his desire for wealth and actions, that was the cause for his demise and eventual suicide. In the actual texts Judas, being one doomed for destruction, was on his way there, despite Jesus' actions. What was completely missed here is the spirituality to the human experience, and a devil, who by the historical record, had possessed Judas in the act of betrayal. The actual eyewitnesses to the man should be admired more than the presumptions of a popular playwright. The story guides the viewer to a place of predetermination and negates real choices, or the consequences of a free will. Judas being just a man, knows the end of his story before he lives it, and that can only be developed by a writer that must create a "new" Judas, one that is not found in the historical texts. The play leads those seeking real truth into a false sense of eternal security, because if Judas can escape judgment, then we all do. The play may be popular on earth, but the changes made to the historical accounts, I am sure, will not taken lightly in the heavens.
Its just a different version of the story though. I don't think "the heavens" will care that people made a different version of the story and liked it. Also, I just wanna through this out there, if god doesn't exist then Jesus was a lunatic who was gonna get everyone killed. As an atheist I really like what they did with Juda's character
@@broadwaypotatobroadwaypota1238 But...if God does exist, and the story being false, leads others astray?
@@FrankRomanekJr True but I'm pretty sure most Christians already know the "true" story and other religions don't really care.
@@FrankRomanekJr I know this is a year-old comment by this point but to be brutally honest, if a musical is enough to shatter whatever faith in Christianity someone might have...then I'd personally say that that person's faith couldn't have really been all that strong to begin with. I love this show but at the end of the day, neither Tim Rice nor Andrew Lloyd Webber have ever once claimed it to be anything more than a mere piece of entertainment; a hard-hitting one in the right hands, but still mere entertainment. Same as Godspell or Joseph or Children Of Eden or any of the numerous biblical-themed musicals and plays and works of art out there. I personally can't believe any god would be so petty as to hold some kind of a grudge on the basis of "you're not sticking 100% accurately to what was written down and translated (and occasionally mistranslated) by dozens of different people throughout human history".
The Gospels are a lot of things, but not "historical". Their authors weren't eye-witnesses of the events.
the dislike was a mistake but it is a bit difficult to hear
Jerome's voice is the meaning of Cancer...
like, the disease, or the astrological/zodiac sign? Because i could see the astrological sign haha
What a horrific comment.