Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Musicals With Jesus as a Character
OhHiJohnny
Swing Joined: 10/20/17
#1Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/1/23 at 5:53pm
So obviously Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, and The Book of Mormon, but are there any others where Jesus is a named character/ force?
#2Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/1/23 at 6:01pm
Hamlet 2.
But seriously, right now Spelling Bee is the only thing that comes to mind.
lachri5
Featured Actor Joined: 1/4/11
#5Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/1/23 at 7:50pm
It's more or less implied Jesus is the man in the barn in "Whistle Down the Wind"
#6Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/1/23 at 7:55pm
Dave Malloy wrote a musical around 2003 called Clown Bible which is exactly what it sounds like. Jesus was a woman, and her last song was an opera ballad. Definitely not as conventional as the other shows listed here but it’s pretty good!
#8Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/2/23 at 10:28am
John Doyle will be directing The 12 at Goodspeed which starts previews September 8th.
#9Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/2/23 at 4:11pm
AndreyIsntHere said: "Dave Malloy wrote a musical around 2003 called Clown Bible which is exactly what it sounds like. Jesus was a woman, and her last song was an opera ballad. Definitely not as conventional as the other shows listed here but it’s pretty good!"
...someone did tell him Godspell is a thing that exists, right?
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#10Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/2/23 at 4:51pm
Melissa25 said: "John Doyle will be directing The 12 at Goodspeed which starts previews September 8th."
I wonder which instrument he;s gonna have Judas play ...
#11Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/2/23 at 4:56pm
Jeff Calhoun is directing a non-union production of His Story: The Musical in Dallas - it’s a contemporary pop musical based on Jesus’s life, and it opens in May.
#12Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/3/23 at 1:02pm
The theatrical cabaret troupe The Tiger Lillies used to end their shows with an audience participation sketch about raping Jesus as he dies on the cross. Their whole show was designed with something to offend everyone, and they went all-in on that last one.
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Chorus Member Joined: 9/11/18
#13Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/4/23 at 11:46am
Randy Newman’s “Faust”. James Taylor as Jesus, Randy himself as Satan. Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt. Encores Off-Center did a fun production several years back.
Updated On: 3/4/23 at 11:46 AM
#14Musicals With Jesus as a Character
Posted: 3/4/23 at 7:41pm
Terrence McNally's play Corpus Christi is another (though the character is called Joshua).
ETA: I'll leave this up there, but I can't believe I paid so little attention to the subject line!
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