No Day But Today!

[lyndypink]

Elton John was in JCS? When was that?

[Murfreesboro]

Oh, I remember the JCS album really well, can even see it in my mind's eye. I never owned it, but we teens in the Bible belt treated it like contraband. Everybody listened to it, got together in listening parties to listen. Our elders were uneasy about it. They didn't outright condemn it, but they weren't sure about it, either. I was a little older when Evita came out, wasn't really aware of it. And, since it was about a political figure rather than Jesus, it didn't cause the same stir in my neck of the woods.

Way back when, I had been under the impression that people were loathe to stage JCS because of its religios subject matter. But when I learned that Evita premiered in the same way, I thought it must have just been about money. ALW wasn't always a bankable star. He was just a guy writing and hoping to get produced someday, I guess. Maybe today he'd have gone on YouTube.

[conssrtfan]

I was told in no uncertain terms that we were NOT to listen to JCS. And I wasn’t much of a rebel, nor a rocker, so I didn’t. I think we discussed in Sunday School that it was horrid because Jesus wasn’t resurrected.
Funny, because in the version C did in NJ, he most certainly was!

[Mimi]

I loved that version. Congrats makes a great Judas.

[tweetypi137]

I think I'm misremembering about Elton John, but I thought he was Herod. Maybe it was just a music video. The movie credits say Josh Mostel.

[Mimi]

According to the link, this is January 27th, not Dec 16th.

New Hope, PA
An Evening with 2-Time TONY Nominee CONSTANTINE MAROULIS

December 16th, 2017 at 8pm

RAZZ ROOM

http://www.therrazzroom.com/event/3d942 ... 7e2ba926c4

[conssrtfan]

Oh oh.

[Murfreesboro]

Srtfan, there was a wildly popular local production of JCS here a few years ago, and they also showed the resurrected Jesus. I do think that was the most common criticism years ago, and I think many productions handle it that way.

[blondie1310]

@ConstantineM
The other night in Boston
goldenhri || @ Sonsie Boston https://www.instagram.com/p/BaHTmbzD99F/

[Murfreesboro]

Neat pics!

[cal33]

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/C ... S-20171012

Spoiler: show

Not bad for an old,fat community theater dude.

[Murfreesboro]

Well, this sounds like very good news!

[beebee]

I am finally excited again. I don't care if it's Broadway, off-Broadway or off-off-Broadway, I just want him back on stage where he belongs! Am so happy for him, don't care if it's a short run, he'll love it. And so do I!

[conssrtfan]

This sounds like a fascinating role. I’m so looking forward to it.

I saw Hedwig in that theater many years ago. Looking forward to feeling all squooshy returning to the space again.

[blondie1310]

playbill.com

Off-Broadway News
Constantine Maroulis Will Play Robert Moses in Off-Broadway Musical Bulldozer
By Andrew Gans
Oct 12, 2017

Karen Carpenter will direct the limited engagement at the Theatre at St. Clement’s.

Rock of Ages Tony nominee and former American Idol finalist Constantine Maroulis will star in the title role of Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses, which will play a limited engagement at Off-Broadway's Theatre at St. Clement’s.

Karen Carpenter will direct the new rock musical about Robert Moses as he pushes his way through New York City, building parkways and bridges to make the city move. Performances are set for November 24–January 7, 2018.

Read more:

http://www.playbill.com/article/constan ... -bulldozer