Overture

Original Broadway production
Jesus Christ Superstar the Musical - Overture

The Overture is heard over images
of a troupe preparing their version of the Passion Play.
They arrive out inm the Israeli desert in a bus with a cross attached
to the roof along with many other props.
As the performers unload off of the bus you get a feeling
of celebration so often attributed to the late 60s, early 70s.
They costume themselves.
When the overture  exchos the '39 lashes',
they remove the cross from the roof
and when the overture breaks into a jubilant "Superstar",
we are introduced to Jesus appearing
from a pile of people... Could we start?


Original Broadway production
Jesus Christ Superstar the Musical Lyrics


SYNOPSIS
Overture
Heaven on Their Minds
What's The Buzz
Strange Thing Mystifying
Everything's Alright
This Jesus Must Die
Hosanna
Simon Zealotes
Poor Jerusalem
Pilate's Dream
The Temple
I Don't Know How to Love Him
Damned For All Time/ Blood Money
The Last Supper
Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)
The Arrest
Peter's Denial
Pilate and Christ
King Herod's Song (Try It And See)
Could We Start Again, Please?
Judas's Death
Trial Before Pilate
Superstar
The Crucifixion