The broadcast will air Sunday (that’s Easter) on NBC, starting at 8 p.m. Controversial when it opened on Broadway in 1971 - some Christians found either the style or substance of the storytelling blasphemous, and some Jews were concerned about the portrayal of Jewish leaders - it has since become a staple of the musical theater canon. “ Jesus Christ Superstar,” with songs by a young Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, is a rock musical about the week that ends with Jesus’s crucifixion. Legend, best known as an R&B singer and songwriter, is channeling his inner rocker as he leads a starry cast of the latest televised musical. But when NBC called to ask if he might be interested in playing the title role in a live broadcast of “ Jesus Christ Superstar,” he said, “I had a hard time turning down the role of Jesus Christ.” John Legend hasn’t done musical theater since high school.
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