"... You have become more important to them than their deeds and their words ..."
Jazz and rock. On the great feat - in the language of modern music.
Once born, this musical condemned itself to success and, at the same time, to endless attacks from the sides of religious societies.
He is scandalous, bright and unusual. The performance captivates melodies, artists want to sing along. And what a passion!
What was the Savior and his Apostles, what surrounded them?
There is a canon, but ... here, on stage, in a brilliant setting, the main characters appear in a completely different light - they are people.
They are subject to doubts, they fall in love and suffer, they crave faith, like a sip of clean water, obey the rules.
But in this version is not only a "musical", there is also a real drama of acting ... This is something more, waking up to a shudder.
So I want to believe that he will not betray that he will be saved, that he will answer with love for love, that he will believe and save.
Maybe this is the magic of the "Russian" version? In that, listening to her, seeing the unfolding action, seeing the main characters as modernized, and then suddenly returning a few thousand years ago - we feel with them an unprecedented kinship.
After all, in each live and sacrifice, and forgiveness, and something dark, with what it would be worth fighting for.
But, most importantly, we begin to believe.
