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“Just woke up to Andrew Lloyd Webber tweeting about me,” John Legend wrote early Tuesday morning. “It’s a good day.”
That’s because the Grammy and Oscar-winning singer has been cast in the lead role of NBC’s live production of Webber’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, which recounts the final week of the Christian savior’s life.
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The musical, which has no spoken dialogue, began as a concept album in 1970, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart before heading to Broadway the following year, where it was nominated for five Tonys.
“We’re all overjoyed to have world-class musical artist and producer John Legend starring as Jesus,” NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt said in a statement. “This score demands a singer with an amazing range and an actor with great depth, and there isn’t anyone better to bring this story to a new audience.”
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