'Superstar' Soars
From the first notes of Jim Boggess and his superlative orchestra, you will be catapulted on an amazing journey for the eyes, ears, and heart as you experience the last week of Jesus’ life told in the style of a rock opera. This is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar currently playing at the Omaha Community Playhouse. This is, by far, the best musical ever mounted on an Omaha stage and Kimberly Faith Hickman deserves a standing ovation of her own for an extraordinar
Theater review: 44-year-old 'Jesus Christ Superstar' still awfully relevant
It’s a striking juxtaposition: the 1970 music and lyrics of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber paired with the technology and protest mode of contemporary America. “Jesus Christ Superstar,” which opened Friday at the Omaha Community Playhouse for a five-weekend run, pulses with surprising relevance nearly 44 years after it opened on Broadway. Guest director Kimberly Faith Hickman’s decision to set the rock opera about the last week in Jesus’ life in the present feels like a sma
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Buzzes the Omaha Community Playhouse
Omaha Community Playhouse resurrected the 1971 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" last night. The musical, based on the last week in the life of Jesus, is told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus. The original Broadway production created a buzz with a nod to contemporary issues from the hippie subculture of the 60's and 70's. Director Kimberly Faith Hickman chose to incorporate social and political issues of 20
Jesus Christ Superstar gets a modern makeover
Story by Noah Diaz The Omaha Community Playhouse has given Jesus Christ Superstar a makeover. The 1970 musical from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber will forgo its usual robes and sandals in favor of business suits and Converse. Director and choreographer Kimberly Faith Hickman, known for work on such Tony Award-winning Broadway shows as Clybourne Park (assistant director to Pam McKinnon) and The Assembled Parties (assistant director to Lynne Meadow), answered a few questions
