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Page 1: THE BOOK OF JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR ANDREW …images.nymag.com/.../12/04/week3/jesuschrisysuperstar120416.pdf · THE BOOK OF ANDREW AND TIM Jesus Christ Superstar descended from the

THE BOOK OF ANDREW AND TIM

Jesus Christ Superstar descended from the heavens and onto the stage of the Mark Hellinger Theatre in 1971. Since then—over eighteen shows and a few billion dollars’ worth of tickets sold—Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have almost never been absent from Broadway.

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J O S E P H A N D T H E A M A Z I N G T E C H N I C O L O R D R E A M C O A T ( 1 9 8 2 )

C A T S ( 1 9 8 2 )

S O N G A N D D A N C E ( 1 9 8 5 )

S T A R L I G H T E X P R E S S ( 1 9 8 7 )

T H E P H A N T O M O F T H E O P E R A ( 1 9 8 8 )

A S P E C T S O F L O V E ( 1 9 9 0 )

S U N S E T B O U L E V A R D ( 1 9 9 4 )

B O M B A Y D R E A M S ( 2 0 0 4 )

T H E W O M A N I N W H I T E ( 2 0 0 5 )

B E A U T Y A N D T H E B E A S T ( 1 9 9 4 )

A I D A ( 2 0 0 0 )

J E S U S C H R I S T S U P E R S T A R ( 1 9 7 1 )

A N D R E D E S H I E L D S ’ S H A R L E M N O C T U R N E ( 1 9 8 4 )

B Y J E E V E S ( 2 0 0 1 )

E V I T A ( 1 9 7 9 )

C H E S S ( 1 9 8 8 )

K I N G D A V I D ( 1 9 9 7 )

T H E L I O N K I N G ( 1 9 9 7 )

Passed its 10,000th performance in February.

A Disney show, tried out in a nine-

performance, semi-staged run; never

made the leap to a full production.Beauty

and the Beast

The Lion King

Bombay Dreams

Evita

Jesus Christ Superstar

Ran for eighteen years in New York, and 21 in

London—where a revival is planned for 2013.

SHOWS BY:

B OT H

A N D R E W L LOY D W E B B E RT I M R I C E

The Phantom of the Opera

Rice’s lyrics are set to music by Benny Andersson

and Björn Ulvaeus, whose Mamma Mia! has become its

own international juggernaut.

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