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Nicholas started out with a pop career, but soon changed to musical theatre, playing the lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar at the West End’s Palace Theatre in 1972. After his TV series Good Friends ended, he returned to musical theatre and various other entertainment roles, including producing and directing.
Stephen Tate and Paul Nicholas on stage during rehearsals (credit: Donald Cooper / photostage). Let us set the scene: it is now 1972. A year ago, Jesus Christ Superstar had just reached Broadway as a spectacular, flamboyant, over-the-top, eye-popping extravaganza. And neither the critics nor Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber were won over by ...
Jun 29, 2015 · Jesus Christ Superstar, from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Paul Nicholas in Jesus Christ Superstar. Superstar opened at the Palace Theatre in London in 1972, starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus, Stephen Tate as Judas and Dana Gillespie as Mary Magdalene. It was directed by Australian Jim Sharman. This production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway, running for eight years and ...
Jun 19, 2023 · The musical was exciting, he says, “because it was considered to be a rather taboo subject, calling Jesus Christ a ‘superstar’. A superstar in those days was pretty out-there.”
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Provided to YouTube by First Night RecordsJesus Christ Superstar · Paul Nicholas · The Royal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Love Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber℗ 199...
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