Jesus Christ Superstar teaches us the perils of celebrity | Sophia Deboick
As the religious rock opera turns 40, its message of the dehumanising effects of fame is as relevant as everThe question: Are celebrities human?Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Passion play Jesus Christ Superstar sees the 40th anniversary of its stage debut this year. Panned by some critics at the time of the initial 1971 Broadway production (music magazine Down Beat called it "a shoddy piece of hackwork…