Best of John Legend as ‘Jesus Christ’ | Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! 

The cast was beyond amazing and incredibly preformed

John is a Legend! wow!! what a performance! also brandon Victor as Judas was Amazing!

Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas was OUTSTANDING in this production! And Sara Bareilles was superb, as well. John Legend delivered the role with emotion and poise. So glad to have watched it live in 2018.

Y'all bunches of haters!!! It's beautiful performance and great cast ❤❤

I LOVE John Legend as Jesús

This version was the very first time I have ever heard the music and i had ever seen a production.

I couldn't see my comment on the internet so I'm going to say it again I love the people that played the law in the play and I loved the choreography and I also love the man that played Peter and when he denied Jesus three times I love the way you all did it and the way Mary comforted him

TED NEELY WAS THE BEST JCS EVER HE WILL NEVER BE REPLACED

I love Sara Bareilles and John Legend ❤

sin duda alguna,el mejor Jesucristo Superestrella que ha pasado por las peliculas y escenarios es TED NEELY,fuera del estilo de como cantan,la mejor version de todas es la de la pelicula del 73

I watch every version of JCS only to find out who plays Judas and how well he performs on "Haven on their minds" . Then move on. I'm sure I'm not the only one LOL. Super nice you shared this HQ video.

Can’t beat Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson.

Dixon was as close as possible to Carl Anderson. Carl was amazing. John Legend tried but hitting those notes the others did just was not in Legends wheelhouse.

My fav “Judas” was Tim Minchin!

Love Judas though! ❤

The version of jcs that has mel c and tim minchin is my favourite cast of it icl

I know at least 5 performers completely unknown to the general public who sing this role a thousand times better than Legend

Awesome outstanding powerful exciting moving modern John Legend

This confirms my idea that any theatrical performance is better than its movie version

Increíble Legend....

This my favorite version of JCSS. Jon legend and Alice Cooper are perfect.

Awesome!! Well done!!.you John ledgend moved me !!! People have said you don't look like JESUS lol has anyone ever seen GOD ..he'll no, not yet !!!

The man who sang Judas is superb.

Fantastic musical with the amazing voice of John Legend ! ❤

I have seen this production but the Tim Minchin version was the best ever.

Brandon Victor Dixon CARRIEDDDD this whole show. I know his back was on fire

While I think John is a great singer, he wasn’t the right choice for Jesus. They probably went for name recognition if anything. If that is right and they wanted that soulful voice, they should’ve gone with someone like Bruno Mars. Just imagine that, Bruno Mars belting the gethsemane note. That could’ve been so good!!

This looks great! I’d watch this version in person.

How to turn a rock opera into a TV pop festival. How disappointing.

YOu Guys should see Jakub Wocial, Jesus role in Jesus Christ Superstar. He is the best :)

You can not possibly think john legend did Jesus ANY justice. He ruined one of my favorite rock operas.

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Io amo molto John Legend, ma nei panni di Jesus Christ proprio no. Interpreta se stesso e poi non ha la vocalità adatta. Da ragazzina ho visto al cinema Jesus Christ Superstar per la prima volta, ho comprato Lp lo conosco a memoria e lo canto in casa, ma l'unico Jesus è Ted Neeley, incomparabile. Il primo ruolo era stato offerto a Jan Gillan, ma poi il film è stato girato da Ted. Sono le due voci più spettacolari del panorama internazionale di tutti i tempi. In Italia qualche anno fa sono andata a ben 3 spettacoli in diverse città dove c'era il Musical di JCS e dove c'era Ted e ho conosciuto personalmente il sogno di tutta la mia vita, sono rimasta impressionata dal fatto che nonostante l'età abbia mantenuto la voce, in pezzi spettacolari come "Getsemani" Mi dispiace non c'è storia per nessun altro. John Legend sei un mito, ma come JCS ti boccio. 😜

There two categories of people who have been Jesus in JCS: Ian Gillen and everyone else.

Beautiful!

Para mi, la versión original es grandiosa.

Great

So good!

He was absolutely wrong for that role. Did not have nearly enough control for the high notes. He struggled so much. A true Jesus has to be a virtuoso singer in the high registers with room to spare.

Worst performance of JCSS of all time. I've seen better HS performances. Judas was good but not even in the same stratosphere as Carl Anderson. The rest, especially Legend, were totally miscast and outclassed. Legend was a lounge singer walking through the part in a bath robe. Couldn't touch Ted Neely.

John legend no stage presence in my opinion.

I agree that John Legend was not the best choice for this role, but he still did okay. My main problem is during Hosanna, how he wasn’t at all shocked when the crowd asked “won’t you die for me?” Like dude, they want you to die. You aren’t creeped out by that?

Singing for musical theater is a whole different thing!

Great show

Though John Legend is not a rock singer and is not my favorite Jesus by any means, he was clearly dedicated to doing his best and boy he did! And in fact in several moments he actually did quite surprisingly well! Let’s just not talk about Gethsemane

I agree John Legen was NOT the person for this role

I love JCS, this show looks good, but Tim Minchin as Judas in the Arena Tour is the best Judas I have seen.

Oops...Well, I'm afraid this really isn't the best performance...and not commenting on anything else

John Legend is great, but he clearly was not that suited to the role. Gethsemane is a very specific song, he did a decent job for sure, but it wasn't a great fit.

There was no best of this show. It was garbage. Legend couldn't sing the role. If you have low expections and haven't seen even a community production this may seem capable but it's terribly miscast.

“What if I just stayed here and ruined your ambitions?”

I love Jesus Christ Superstar, but John Legend was not a good fit for Jesus. I think he was picked because he is a big name. Same goes for Alice Cooper as King Herod - more for his name, then suitable for the role IMO. Brandon Dixon who played Judas was great, and of course Sara Bareilles and Norm Lewis as well. I will always love the concept album with Ian Gillian and Murray Head, original film with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson, and the 2000 version with Glenn Carter and Jerome Pradon.

John Legend couldn’t hit half of the notes. 😬

Es Judas.

I don't know why they're judging this man that played Jesus in this play I thought that the people were that were in the play were very very good and I thought that the man that played Jesus was good and I enjoyed it very much and I've watched it three times already who cares if it ain't Ted Neeley I think you all did great and you're probably had a really good time doing it too can brought you closer to God I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina up on Pisgah Mountain I'm white but I thought that y'all's the way y'all look is more realistic you know how Jesus might have looked to me and I love the man that played Jesus and the man that played Judas and the woman that played Mary Madeline I like the way the man that played jesus carried his self in the in the in the play I really enjoyed it my mama bought me the album when I was 10 years old it was a double album so I knew the words way before I seen the movie when I was grown I'm 60 years old now do you know when I was 10 years old I was in the checkout line with my mother at the grocery store and I picked up a little book that used to sell these little books for $0.25 and I picked up this little book and I was 10 years old and what I seen on the book was a three-wheeler with a guillotine on the back of it cutting Christians heads off come over here in America is like everywhere else we're all Neighbors can people need to realize that why do people have to criticize when all y'all tried to do was good and it brought you closer to God I know it did into the girl that played Mary Madeline I love you you've got the most beautiful voice and Judas he was so good in it a lot of people just criticize and I'm so sorry for that but y'all have a good one and just remember I'm praying for you and I'm enjoying Watching You on RU-vid thank you for getting it together and making it and just remember Jesus loves you you know that and nothing's impossible with God you know that too we live in such uncertain times I've always felt since I was a little girl that I was going to be murdered for Jesus that's okay they can only kill me one time I don't want to die but I will I Fear God and Jesus Is My Friend and the people that played the law they were really good too just look up to the sky and you'll see Heaven it ain't far away it's right there y'all enjoy your life look at the sunshine enjoy your children can you keep having fun playing Jesus Christ Superstar okay it ain't hurting nobody I love the way you put a turn on it like that it wasn't much of a turn but it was a little turn from the original movie but I thought the term y'all made in the play was really good I cried all the way through it I pray you all have peace I pray the whole world has peace and y'all keep singing okay because y'all are really really great and also I have to say the the music in it was so good it was really really great I don't think people know how hard y'all worked at doing this I mean what did they expect you to be the stars that were in the movie come on the play was just as good as the movie y'all have a good one can enjoy life okay everyday❤

No doubt the best performance of Jesus Christ Superstar ever!

why is the whole london version posted but not this one?? i watched a few minutes of the london one, and it is too new agey for me.

Nah...not even close

This role of Christ requires a very high belt and this is not Legend’s forte.

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John Legend was the worst miscast of all time in this role. The 2012 Arena Tour with Tim Minchin, Ben Forster and Melanie C. was fantastic! Ben Forster was a great Jesus both vocally and acting, his Gethsemane blew me away! The only point of criticism: He did some overacting in the crucifixion scene.

He wasn’t that bad

I enoyed John Legends acting. Vocally John Legend stands above previous actors who played this part. No struggle. His voice is smooth and conveyed the emotions each song should have.

nope

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HE DOES NOT REACH THE HIGH NOTES HOW COME HE WAS CHOOSEN FOR PLAYINMG JESUS????????

Pathetic. Not even close to the original

Best of john legend as jesus christ... When hes not even singing in the first song? Is that a comment on he shouldnt be singing? If so i disagree completely

Sorry, don't think John Legend did that good a job. Ben Foster was fantastic and put much more emotion into the role. And Ted Neely.....hard to beat. I agree Brandon Victor was amazing as Judas.

There is only one Jesus ...............Ted Neeley .................John Legend sucked in the roll

Is John Legend still married to THAT cyber bully???