Jesus Christ Superstar - Blog Posts

Coming back to this because these are all the other musicals that should be recast with muppets:

1. Rent

Everyone is a muppet except the evil landlord, self explanatory, done. (I don’t know enough about rent to cast this one tbh but I think Scooter would be an excellent mark)

2. The Phantom of the Opera

The count is the phantom (join me in a fantasy world where the muppets and Sesame Street gang cross over- or it could also just be Gonzo I guess I like the idea of him as a homewrecker) miss piggy is Christine, kermit is raoul and the only humans are Meg and her mother. Additional cast members could be scooter as the stage manager, per the usual, Fozzie Bear as that one Italian opera singer but instead of singing he just wants to tell his jokes, Gonzo as Carlotta in a wig and statler and Waldorf as themselves heckling the opera

3. Jesus Christ Superstar

Hear me out ok, this one may be controversial, but miss piggy is Jesus, the slightly jaded, undeniable star of the show, and kermit is Judas, undeniably in love with her, but tired of her hogging the spotlight and feels she’s turned her back on what the muppets are really about. Beaker is Peter because he also looks like he would nope out when shit goes down and deny miss piggy, and Mary Magdalene should be played by renowned Broadway actress Philips Sousa because I just think that would be really cool if she hasn’t already played that role

4. Sweeney Todd

In which the animal plays unhinged sweeney todd, judge Turpin is Sam the eagle, miss piggy is Johanna, kermit is Anthony, and miss Lovett is played by Janice, who while I think lacks the manic energy needed for the role, would be a good chilled out foil to animal and bring a new flavour to the character of the crazy character who’s so deluded they make their actions seem almost sane

5. Little Shop of Horrors

I’m sorry I know I keep casting them as the two leads but kermit and miss piggy were born to play Audrey and Seymour, it is a pair that cannot be topped. The only change this makes to the original is that we all know miss piggy takes no shit so I think the stuff with the dentist (still played by Steve Martin because you can’t improve upon perfection) is a misinterpretation and she actually beats the ever living shit out of him for disrespecting her. Rizzo the rat should play the slimey businessman who buys Audrey Two, Statler and Waldorf are collectively mr mushnik, the chorus should also be human but I think the piece de resistance would be the Swedish chef as Audrey two and all the world is his chicken, and all the world should be deeply, deeply, afraid.

Tell me in the comments if I missed anyone or you have any casting ideas yourself!!

This has definitely been pitched before, but petition for a remake of les miserables where everyone is a muppet except Javert

Today, I'm thinking about Jesus Christ Superstar again (specifically the 2012 live arena version). Im thinking about how raw and desperate and viceral all of it is. Thinking about the inherit guilt and shame and anger is jesus and judas. How they can rail against the narrative all they want, can drag their feet towards the end, can go kicking and screaming, and it will end up the same anyway. How hard they fight against their fate, desperate to be heard. Judas begging Jesus to trust him, to listen to his concerns. "Listen Jesus, I don't like what I see. All I ask is that you listen to me, " Jesus begging God to have mercy, to answer the cries of his knly son. "God, god, why have you forsaken me?". Anout how Jesus begged for him mother as he was dying, about how scared and alone he was. Thinking about how Judas was right the whole time, that they did turn against Jesus, that it was out of his control. Jesus did want him, need him, to betray him for the sake of gods plan. "You wanted me to do it,". Thinking about how Judas didn't go to the rally with Jesus in hosanna, isntead watching over him from afar. About how all of the zealots who only saw jesus as a savior, half god half sacrificial lamb, and how judas was the only one not there. Thinking about anachronisms and using each others name like a curse. "You liar, you Judas." "Christ you deserve it. " Thinking about the love that threads them together, even if its not enough to save either of the.

JESUUUUUUUS

Jesus/Judas pairs as marshmallow peeps roulette (mostly JCS)

Screenshot to see if you can catch your favorite :))))

List of pairings under cut

2000 JCS film

1973 JCS film

JCS 2005 Amstetten tour

JCS 2012 broadway revival tour

JCS 2012 UK arena tour

JCS 2014 swedish arena tour

JCS 2018 NBC recording

JCS 2018 production by Big Act (nicknamed RoseJCS)

JCS 2018 Catalan production

JCS 50th anniversary tour

Godspell 1973 film

Godspell 2011 revival tour

Last Days Of Judas Iscariot Champlayers production

Judas Comic by Jeff Loveness and Jakub Rebelka

I made this in honor of easter season rolling back, you know what that means: new jcs tag lurkers helloooo i hope they enjoy this

jcs is so good to me bc like. it isnt about the religion actually. its purely the events leading to crucifixion and the crucifixion itself. jesus hasnt been shown doing any miracles, he doesnt hear the voice of god, he dies all the same at the end and we dont see him resurrected. the story isnt about jesus as a martyr its about stardom and placing people on a pedestal so far away that it topples over and nobody knows how you got here or how to stop it and it doesnt matter if youre a normal man or the son of god you will get eaten up all the same.

jesus christ superstar is about leftist infighting and hating your best friend and loving people wrong and the myopia of fame and inevitability and understanding that you were the cog that might not have turned and how love will not save the world because it is not enough and how people are fickle and how leaders are cowards and how the buck has to stop somewhere and how love doesn't stop just because it's useless or bad and saying 'i told you so' and how good will can never trump The Plan and how together we are so very strong and how God is not going to save us and how the story is incomplete because we have to finish it ourselves

Timdas: Out here living my best life.

Melry: Bensus is hanging from a cross in the background…

Timdas: This ain’t about him.

Yesterday i rewatched uk arena at late night hours while sewing so I was compelled by powers beyond comprehension (late night brain chemicals) to draw this

I stand by what I said

Some Día de Muertos x JCS fanart I did, originally I was only to share them on the jcs discord server but I thought, who does it harm to put them here?

Catrina Melry and Catrin Timdas

And I also did an altar for the Judases, '73 Judas, Timdas, Jeromdas, Bluedas, Swedas and Amstedas

Swedas' offering is semla, the dessert the jcs server decided was his favorite

WHAT HAVE I JUST WATCHED

he’s more powerful than we expected

this is the vibe i get from these musicals

Back on my bullshit (jesus christ superstar 2012 broadway revival)