Choreographed by Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom), with music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ, as seen through the eyes of Judas.
The song is “Heaven on their Minds” from Jesus Christ Superstar, the second collaboration between Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice. A heady mix of driving rock and symphonic sweep, Superstar charts the last days of Jesus’s life in through-sung form. Though events closely match those depicted in the gospels, it caused considerable fuss
Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar! Hosanna! Superstar! ANNAS Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street! A trick or two with lepers and the whole town's on its feet. ALL He is dangerous! MOB (outside) Jesus Christ Superstar! ALL He is dangerous! MOB (outside) Tell us that you're who they say you are. PRIEST 2
CHOIR Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Who are you? What have you sacrificed? Jesus Christ Superstar, Do you think you're what they say you are? VOICE OF JUDAS Tell me what you think about your friends at the top. Who'd you think besides yourself's the pick of the crop? Buddha, was he where it's at? Is he where you are?
Tim Minchin delivers a powerful performance as Judas Iscariot in Heaven on Their Minds from the 2012 arena tour production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Chr
Tell the mob who sing your song That they are fools and they are wrong They are a curse They should disperse (Crowd) Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna Hey J C, J C you're alright by me Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Superstar (Jesus) Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd? Nothing can be done to stop the shouting
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