#steve balsamo

[thewardenisonthecase]

ultimate sacrifice HOF and gethsemane (i only want to say). where are my musical theater nerds

[agayattheaces]

Universal Jesus Stance

Ted Neeley (1973 Film) / Ben Forster (2012 Arena Tour) / Paul Nolan (2012 Broadway Revival) / Glenn Carter (2000 Film) / John Legend (2018 Live In Concert) / Ola Salo (2014 Swedish Tour) / Jeff Fenholt (1971 Broadway) / Steve Balsamo (1996 London)

[henrytheduck36q]

Jesus Christ Superstar (1996 West End)

I only want to say

If there is a way

Someone please reunite this cast

And organize an anniversary concert

[pooroldjudas]

I will drink your cup of poison

Steve Balsamo as Jesus Christ, Zubin Varla as Judas Iscariot, Joanna Ampil as Mary Magdalene

Jesus Christ Superstar 1996 West End Revival

Scanned by yours truly from the CD booklet

Photos by Michael LePoer Trench

[fruchtchen]

Jesus Christ Superstar (1996) - Steve Balsamo (Jesus), David Burt (Pilate), Zubin Varla (Judas), Joanna Ampil (Mary)

https://www.jesuschristsuperstarzone.com/discography/london-lyceum-cast-1996/

[bbjsm]

my favorite musical role

[lesmismignon]

5 musical performances that comprise my lifeblood

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Yunchan Lim - RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, op. 30

Joe Hisaishi - Piano and Nine Cellos - Madness

Joe Hisaishi - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Steve Balsamo - Gethsemane

[sealbatross]

all that I seem, is a shadow of a shadow of a dream within a dream

made using my watercolor-pencil crayon technique but in digital. it actually produces a similar effect with less hassle but worse control over the watercolors, very interesting... very interesting indeed

also this musical has some very nice 80s

[captain-jams]

Where the fuck is the love for steve balsamos jesus?? WHERE. IS IT.

He did NOT perform the most beautiful heartbreaking version of Gethsemane and have the mist babygirl face just for yall to ignore him.

[henrytheduck36q]

[lanjin-wang]

Fall in love with Steve Balsamo’s gorgeous voice

[fruchtchen]

Zubin Varla, Joanna Ampil, and Steve Balsamo (1996)

http://balsamo-deighton.blogspot.com/2017/02/steve-balsamo-and-cast-members-jesus.html

[inevitableloneliness]

i haven't listened steve balsamo's version of eye in the sky since like 2020 and now it feels so much meaningful and filled with a lot of memories for me. it is a masterpiece

[karinyosa]

i was gonna add some of the weird info i've picked up about steve balsamo in that ask i sent to the bizarre blorbo poll runner but i didn't want to send them a super long message so i'm putting it here. listen to me. before he got the part of jesus on the west end he did a passion play for school and when he was on the cross he felt certain that he "was going to do this again". he had a weird daydream/vision of himself in a recording studio with meatloaf and when he got to the recording studio for the jcs album it was the same room from his dream. also ted neeley (former jesus) was a backup singer in meatloaf and this guy just had no idea until ted told him. and he was like holy shit. he saw what he thought was the face of a demon at the time when he was on the cross on the west end. he now believes it was either fake blood that dripped into his eye from his forehead and/or the energy of past productions of dracula within that theater somehow projected the image into his brain?? he believes in manifestation and synchronicities. he is a big fan of carl jung. his jesus hair and facial hair was all natural and he didn't even grow it for the musical, he just already had it like that. he was in a band. he sheds real tears every time he sings gethsemane. one of his choir teachers told him he couldn't sing. he got into a performing arts school by accident. he has one of the most gorgeous voices i've like ever heard. in the documentary about the 90s west end production of jcs, he wears this cunty little choker with this huge pendant hanging off it for like 90% of his out of costume scenes

obsessed with these two images.

[sirfrogsworth]

I watched a video a while back where they were discussing how modern movie musicals seem to underperform at the box office and they were trying to figure out why.

I have a theory.

People who like musicals like singers who can really fucking sing.

They do not like famous actors who can kinda/sorta sing.

I just started Wonka. And Timothée Chalamet is a certified cutie pie and a great actor. And if he were singing at the karaoke bar I'd be like, "Hey, that's pretty good!"

But then if, say, Steve Balsamo went up after him...

I'd probably forget Timothée ever existed.

I think they should take the 90s Disney animated film approach. You get one big name actor who can use their personality to make up for the fact they can't sing. Your Robin Williams and Jeremy Irons types. Then you hire *actual* singers to do the rest of the singing.

You could even... lip sync. *gasp*

They did that all the time back in the day. I think as long as you don't try to Milli Vanilli the situation and are honest, no one will care as long as it is good singing.

Girl you know it's true.

[lock-my-feelings-in-a-jar]