Jesus Was His Name, a multimedia stage event combining 70-millimeter film on an 80 foot-high screen with a live, 58-member cast, is embarking on a tour of 30 U.S. cities. The show, conceived by French film and stage producer Robert Hossein, kicks off a six-month tour on April 6 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and winds up October 24 in Cleveland. Per· formances in most cities—primarily in civic centers and sports arenas—will run two to five days.
Actors on the stage interact with events occurring on the giant screen. The same characters appear to descend from the screen to walk onto the stage, and sometimes into the audience. The actors do not speak, but a time-coded computer soundtrack mixes voices of three narrators and music to tell the life of Jesus. All words are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
“The biblical passages are word for word,” says Patricia Kellert, producer for Radio City Music Hall Productions, which bought the rights to the U.S. shows. In all, 34 events are depicted, including the Sermon on the Mount, the miracle of the loaves and fishes, the raising of Lazarus, the Last Supper, the trial before Pontius Pilate, and the crucifixion.
Kellert says tickets will range from $10 to $25, but family and group discounts will be available.
Hossein, a 65-year-old Catholic, is best known for directing the first theatrical production of Les Miserables in 1980.
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