NBC announced the casting on Tuesday and Legend expressed his excitement about the role saying "I'm thrilled to join the cast of this production of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! "It's such a powerful, meaningful musical and I'm humbled to be part of this performance."
The event will take place on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the Marcy Armory in Brooklyn, New York. Legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the executive producers and rocker Alice Cooper is set to play King Herod.Bless up. I'm playing Jesus Christ in #JesusChristSuperstar Live! coming to @NBC this April! pic.twitter.com/CMdD4TPN7h— John Legend (@johnlegend) December 19, 2017
The NBC live event is based on the 1971 Broadway musical about the last week of Jesus' life. Legend boasts a long list of accomplishments as a producer and performer. He won a Tony Award earlier this year as a producer of August Wilson's "Jitney." He also won an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy award in 2015 for his song with Common, "Glory," from the film, "Selma."
Legend was also a producer on the highly acclaimed musical film, "La La Land" in 2016, and also appeared in the film. He recently wrote songs for Broadway's "SpongeBob SquarePants."
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