{"id":12987,"date":"2018-01-31T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T21:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=12987"},"modified":"2018-01-31T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T21:25:12","slug":"sara-bareilles-play-mary-magdalene-nbcs-jesus-christ-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/01\/sara-bareilles-play-mary-magdalene-nbcs-jesus-christ-superstar.html","title":{"rendered":"Sara Bareilles to Play Mary Magdalene in NBC\u2019s \u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles is heading to NBC. Bareilles has joined the cast of the network\u2019s live production of \u201cJesus Christ Superstar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bareilles has been cast as Mary Magdalene, and will be performing next to some other famous celebrities. John Legend is set to play Jesus and Alice Cooper will be portraying King Herod.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re overjoyed to have Sara Bareilles play Mary Magdalene and I can guarantee that her interpretation of the standard \u2018I Don\u2019t Know How to Love Him\u2019 will become an instant classic,\u201d said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment. \u201cI was lucky enough to see Sara in \u2018Waitress\u2019 and she gave as moving and as beautifully sung a performance as I\u2019ve seen on a Broadway stage in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amazingly, Bareilles wrote the music and lyrics for the current Broadway musical \u201cWaitress\u201d where she was nominated for a 2016 Tony Award for Best Original Score. She also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. Bareilles has released a total of five studio albums and has sold more than nine million singles\/downloads. She\u2019s sold a total of one million albums, with her 2010\u2019s \u201cKaleidoscope Heart\u201d reaching number one on the Billboard charts.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d will be a live adaptation of the Broadway musical. The production is the latest in a string of live productions over the years, which began with NBC in 2013 creating a live version of \u201cThe Sound of Music.\u201d Since then, they have also done \u201cHairspray,\u201d \u201cPeter Pan,\u201d and \u201cThe Wiz.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bareilles added, \u201cTo say I\u2019m excited about this performance is the understatement of the century. This score and this musical have been a part of my life from a very young age and it will be one of the great thrills of my life to sing these iconic songs. It\u2019s incredible to see the beloved medium of musical theatre being embraced by television audiences, and this cast and creative team is extraordinary. I feel extremely lucky to be a part of the project!\u201d<\/p>\n

The production is set to air from Marcy Armory in Brooklyn, New York on Easter Sunday, April 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles is heading to NBC. Bareilles has joined the cast of the network\u2019s live production of \u201cJesus Christ Superstar.\u201d Bareilles has been cast as Mary Magdalene, and will be performing next to some other famous celebrities. 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