‘His Story’: ‘Duck Dynasty’-backed Gen Z Jesus musical to debut in Texas
Written by then-16-year-old homeschooler Anna Miriam Brown, the show is coming to the stage thanks to Broadway vets and evangelical celebrities. KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: Rock music has had sympathy for God as well as the devil – Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant is just one big star who’s walked the line between ‘Christian’ and ‘secular’ music
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID W STOWE, author of ‘No Sympathy for the Devil’, says the boundary between religious and non-religious music “has long been porous”…
All-female ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ album bolsters show’s groundbreaking legacy
United StatesRNS Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1970 concept album Jesus Christ Superstar – from which the 1971 rock musical was born – delivered one radio hit, with Australian pop artist Helen Reddy channeling Mary Magdalene’s confused feelings about her rabbi in I Don’t Know How To Love Him. But otherwise, the album and the […]
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’: The controversial musical phenomenon turns 50
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, charts the history of a storied musical…