NBC’s live telecast of Jesus Christ Superstar gave the network its best Easter Sunday in 12 years and its best Sunday overall in three years, not including sports and the Golden Globes.
With John Legend playing Jesus Christ, Broadway star Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas, Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene and Alice Cooper as King Herod, the live NBC telecast was an adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical which first hit the stage in 1970.
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