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Jesus Christ Superstar Reviews

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Average customer review: 3.0 star rating (2.9 Stars)

Number of reviews: 155

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2.0 star rating Annemarie from Detroit, Michigan

TRYING TOO HARD

The show felt contrived and mechanical. The choreography distracted from the main characters and drew attention to itself, the chorus sounded out of breath, and the band was screeching loud and felt at times as if compelled to just make noise. This show lacks the passionate embrace of the lyrics and the rock, the swing that moves the action forward and enhances the plot. I saw the show in London in the 70s and perhaps expected something as riveting as back then. Detroit show was just a poor parody.

2.0 star rating Vic. F. from St. Louis, Missouri

DISAPPOINTING

The positives of this performance were that Judas, Mary and Jesus had great voices, and Jesus playing the guitar was a different adaptation. Jesus Christ Superstar is one of my top three favorite musicals, and I have seen several different performances of this musical. This was by far my least favorite. The singing was all loud and angry, with only a couple of exceptions, and the music was often too loud and overpowered the singing, even with the singers basically screaming through most of the numbers. If I was not very familiar with the music/musical, I would have found this adaptation confusing and hard to follow. I also found a lot of the choreography to be jerky, which detracted from the singing. The presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Fox several years ago was immensely more enjoyable than the opening night of this presentation. My recommendation is to forego this particular version of Jesus Christ Superstar and see it the next time it comes to town.

2.0 star rating J. Webb from Norfolk, Virginia

JC SUPERSTAR

SAVE YOUR MONEY. Unfortunately, much of the cast's vocals were not so good and at some points shocking awful. I will say the cast member who played Mary (her debut) was excellent! Her voice was incredible and she gave me goose bumps. There were a few cast members voices that were okay but the actor playing JC was only good on the screechy parts of the singing. Also it appeared the cast was sharing a microphone and the sound people did not appear to adjust the volume for cast members who's voices needed more amplification. The dancers were fabulous and the instrumentalist did a great job. Overall though, I would only give it a C.

2.0 star rating LMV from Bronx NY

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

I saw it today at the State Theater. First of all it took 2 1/2 hours to get there from the Bronx and when I arrived there was no parking. Once I finally found a lot I then had to walk to the theater. I was not impressed with my seats or the adaptation of the rock opera itself. I would not choose to visit this venue again.

2.0 star rating Rock from Stillwater, Pennsylvania

VERY DISAPPOINTING

Talented performers, but it was not the emotion evoking performance expected from this Broadway classic. Nothing more than prop choreography (mic stands, mics and guitars as props???) while singing the songs from JCS. Save your entertainment dollar for a more worthy event.

2.0 star rating Anon from Hershey, Pennsylvania

AUDIO ENGINEERING LEFT MUCH TO BE DESIRED

I found myself not being able to hear a single word of what was being sung in a MAJORITY of the pieces because the bass was so loud and the orchestra drowned out all the performers, even at full tilt. Had to wait for certain lyric cues in certain scenes to know where we were at in the story, and I grew up catholic knowing the passion almost verbatim. Lived for the pieces that were inherently quiet because you could actually hear the aingers...Could have split the performers from the orchestra by dropping their bass and increasing mids but at times it just felt like being in a washing machine. I felt bad for the performers. It was good otherwise! But when you can't hear the lyrics....

1.0 star rating Scorpio10 from San Jose, California

HATED IT!

Ever since I first heard the album in 1972, I have been a huge fan of Jesus Christ Superstar. I love the music, and the movie. I have seen and loved many versions of the play. This version that I saw tonight at San Jose Center for Performing Arts was impossible to watch. My seat in the theater was perfect, however the choreography was so chaotic and distracting that I kept staring at the ceiling or the walls so I could enjoy the music. Each time I would chance a glance at the beginning of the next song, some new crazy weird unrelated choreography would be going on again. Awful! Jesus and Pilot playing guitars?? Why? No! The singers had microphones with cords and mike stands. Why? And what was the point of the obscene gestures the priests were making with their mike stands. All the choreography was so uncomfortable. The music was wonderful.

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