Musicals Style 7 : Rock Musical

Rock Musicals

Jesus Christ Superstar

The story is loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the last week of Jesus' life. [In addition,] it depicts political and interpersonal struggles between Judas Iscariot and Jesus that are not present in the Bible.
- Basis: the Gospels
- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lyrics: Tim Rice
- Première: 1970 at Universal Amphitheater, LA; 1971 at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC
- Film: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

 

 

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat  

(aka Joseph) 

- Basis: the "coat of many colours" story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. 

- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber

- Lyrics: Tim Rice

- Première: 1972 Edinburgh International Festival; 1973 West End

  

Rent

- Basis: Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème
- Music, lyrics, and book: Jonathan Larson
- Première: 1996 at New York Theatre Workshop, NYC
- Film: 2005
It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

 

Aida 

(aka Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida)

- Basis: the Aida opera written by Giuseppe Verdi
- Music: Elton John
- Lyrics: Tim Rice
- Book: Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang
- Première: 2000 at The Aldwych Theater, NYC

 

Sources: Wikipedia

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