Below are a dozen images from the dress rehearsal of the NBC live broadcast tonight at 8 p.m. ET of “Jesus Christ Superstar” the rock opera about the final week in the life of Jesus that began life as a double album composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber when he was 21 years old.  The musical debuted on Broadway in 1971 and has been revived three times there since. NBC’s  fifth live musical production stars John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Alice Cooper, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ben Daniels, Norm Lewis, Jin Ha, Jason Tam, Erik Grönwall.

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John Legend as Jesus

John Legend as Jesus, Norm Lewis as Caiaphas, Jin Ha as Annas (“Hosanna”)

Erik Gronwall as Simon Zealotes (“Simon Zealotes”)

Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate (“Pilate’s Dream”)

Alice Cooper as Herod (“King Herod’s Song”)

Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene (“Could We Start Again Please”

Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas (“Judas’ Death”)

Brandon Victor Dixon

Norm Lewis as Caiaphas (“This Jesus Must Die”)

Jason Tam as Peter, John Legend as Jesus, Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene (“Hosanna”)

John Legend

Jason Tam as Peter, Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene (“Could We Start Again Please”)