Jesus Christ Superstar Live director plans to "send many thousands of volts of surprising energy through a TV screen"

Variety

Director David Leveaux says Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is a new experience, even for veterans of live TV musicals. "There are so many raw live elements of this show, it’s quite new," he says. "They may not admit it, but some people are quite nervous because you can’t control everything. That’s what makes it exciting. And if it fails, we’re hoping to fail forward.”

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