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The Beacon&#;s Q&A with Jesus (Michael Wardrop)

Jesus Christ Superstar, the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera, will premiere in Mago Hunt Theatre at the University of Portland Wednesday night at p.m. The ’s musical will highlight senior theatre major Michael Wardrop as Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Wardrop will star in this modernized production of the political show alongside senior theatre major Jacob Orr as Judas Iscariot, and freshman theatre major Clare Kessi as Mary Magdalene.

The present, directed by theatre professor Gregory Pulver, has a cast of 58, and includes Beth Barsotti, the Assistant Director of Faith Formation, the University Singers and three young performers: Milo the son of Math Department Chair Stephanie Salomone, Milo’s classmate Flynn and Elise the daughter of CAS Dean Michael Andrews.

“My entire cast has embraced the perspective of Christ that I am portraying with this production,” Pulver said. “It is a contemporary theme looking at the positive and negative effects of social media through the journey of Christ and his followers.”

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A. E.'s Rambles

To say that I have a complicated relationship with Christianity is an understatement. Being a queer, not cis kid in a conservative Christian homeschool group was not easy, to say the least. Maybe that’s why I like Jesus Christ Superstar, or maybe I was just in it. Who knows.

Jesus Christ Superstar was my first and only school musical. I had been looking forward to doing a college musical for ages ever since I got into my school. And, to be honest, I wasn’t excited at this choose. I was nervous as to what it would be like being in a show centered around something that I own actual trauma surrounding. Not only that, but ALW is not one of my favorite people. And because of all of this, I went into planning for auditions with not the best mindset.

That was, however, until I started talking to my friends about it. My friends were excited about this. And their excitement led me to change into excited about it too. I started looking forward to performing with my friends, even if I was still on the edge about my notion on the musical itself.

I went into auditions without

Following

Since the focal point of Jesus Christ Superstar is the relationship between Jesus and Judas, some degree of this was inevitable. Naturally, this varies between productions, and some lean into the brotherly angle of their bond instead. But there are stand-out moments in the lyrics and structure of the story that encourage this interpretation:

In General

  • Judas is extremely bothered by Jesus's tolerance for letting Mary Magdalene "kiss you and stroke your hair" and consistently picks fights with her when they're both onstage. Thematically, his problem with Mary is that she represents the degradation he perceives Christ as having fallen into, but it's easy to browse jealousy into the dynamic.
  • In most productions, Judas's ultimate decision to betray Jesus is immediately preceded by him seeing Jesus and Mary go off together.
  • Sure, it's biblical, but Judas betraying Christ by kissing him.
  • Arguably the strongest moment: when he is at absolute rock bottom, right before his suicide, Judas breaks into a reprise of Mary's "I Don't Realize How to Cherish

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    I contain been a big fan of Jesus Christ Superstar since elevated school. The cast is amazing! My two favorites are Caiaphas and Annas. The pairing of these two characters was a good combo. Tall guy with Very deep voice and small guy with a high voice. They’re just so SINISTER! Annas is such a weasel. He plays it up unbelievably adequately. Caiaphas has a really fiery six pack!

    Annas plays the part as sort of gay. Was that his interpretation or is he really gay? No offense–just asking!

    Chronos2

    I assume you’re referring to some particular production of JSS? Which one?

    Lust4Life3

    I’ve seen different productions of JCSS in London and the Midlands in the UK, and it truly is a superb show.

    My personal preference is the obvious one, Judas.

    I could watch it over and over.

    Found the movie a little disappointing though.

    Sampiro4

    Threadabout the movie from a couple of months ago in case you’re interested.

    Chefguy5

    Chronos:

    I assume you’re referring to some particular film of JSS? Which one?

    He’s talking about the movie.

    RealityC