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Smeghead 06:38 pm UTC 02/11/08 |
| In reply to: | re: I found Jesus last night - Leesa 05:32 pm UTC 02/11/08 |
| About 2 years ago we saw the show with Carl Anderson and got to speak to him after the show. He was also very nice and friendly. > About 1999, Priscilla Blanchard, another Bull Terrier > person in Iowa, and I drove to St Louis early spring > together for a Bull Terrier Specialty (dog show with just > BT's). Over dinner, I commented on her 'Jesus Christ > Superstar' leather jacket. Come to find out, she and her > husband were something of JCS groupies--they had seen the > performance countless times over the years and were good > friends with both Ted and (now sadly the late)Carl > Anderson who played Judas. I loved JCS, my first > experience in rock opera, and was stunned she knew both > these guys so well. I immediately started telling her > about the Ted/Jim connection, and although she loved the > Loaf, didn't know much about Jim, nor had it occurred to > her about the work Ted had done with him. She was thrilled > to make the connection so I wound up giving her my > Meat-signed copy of the then quite recently released 'Back > in to Hell' that I'd won on MLFC so she could learn more > about Jim, according to the Loaf, anyway. > What a cool coversation you had with him, Smeg--he sounds > to be a very approachable person and has alot of > connections between knowing the Lord Webber and being in a > such a successful production for damned near 40 years. > Do keep us posted, especially if any hookups or excecution > of ideas transform that you hear of. > I'm sure he remembers Priscilla as well--she had a cool > jacket! > Thanks again for sharing. > Cheers! > Leesa J > > > Went to see Jesus Christ Superstar staring Ted Neely > > (Jesus from the motion Picture for those who don't > > know)Ted was amazing for being 65 years old He can still > > do what some of his contempararies can't. However the > > direction was awful. The director totally missed the > > point of the whole show. He had made Jesus into some type > > of diety that spent all his time loving the adoration of > > the people and conversing with God. Almost everything > > from the Blocking to the character's portrayals was > > directed so wrong that the show came off very amateurish. > > A shame because Ted's portrayal in the film was spot on > > perfect. > > > > Afterwards we got to meet Ted and he was the nicest > > celebrity I've ever met. He had a large group waiting to > > talk to him and he made time to spend personal time with > > every one of them. I told him that I had a version of him > > singing "Come in the night/How do you bury the skull of > > your country" on my website which surprised him... > > everyone who talks to him seems to think he has only > > played Jesus his whole life. > > > > We talked about Jim Steinman. He told me how Jim was > > there with so many of them from that time from the > > begining with Hair and how Jim was a true genius. He > > mentioned how many of Jim's shows there are that are > > brilliant that no one has seen. He talked about how Jim's > > work is so good that some day it has to be heard. > > > > He mentioned that he saw Dance of the vampires and that it > > was a good show that was handled all wrong. I asked if he > > saw the German version and he said "No" he had only seen > > the American version. I told him how the original version > > was a perfect show directed by Polanski. > > > > He then talked about how Jim had been brought in to do the > > lyrics for WDTW. Saying how so many people realize his > > talent and want to work with him. I told him about our > > production of Conficence Man and he said that more people > > ned to get Jim's work out there. We talked about much > > more, but I thought I'd share what he had to say about > > Jim... | |
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