Rock ’n’ roll icon Alice Cooper has been cast as the flamboyant King Herod in NBC’s staged rock concert Jesus Christ Superstar Live! Also joining the special, which will air on Easter Sunday, 4/1, is ...

Wright, the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England, is senior research fellow at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. He is the author of The Visions of Ephesians. Like a shoddy police procedural with ...

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As the polarizing King Herod might have said 2,000 years ago: No more Mr. Nice Guy. Or, perhaps, welcome to my nightmare. NBC said today that Alice Cooper — yes, that Alice Cooper — will play the ...

He was the Grinch who stole Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge, all rolled into one. He was literally the original man who missed Christmas. I refer to King Herod, who shows up in Matthew 2 in a subplot ...

At The Hollywood Bowl, artist and actor John Stamos have stepped in to play King Herod in the live concert production of Jesus Christ Superstar. This came out as an utter surprise. The story broke on ...

The Herod of the Bible and of Christian tradition was a bloodthirsty megalomaniac, who flew into a paranoid frenzy when he encountered the three wise men on their way to Bethlehem with gifts for the ...

A funny thing happened on Erin Schwab’s way to auditioning for the Ordway’s current season, which includes “Annie” and “Kinky Boots”: She was cast in “Jesus Christ Superstar.” As a dude. A beloved ...

British theatre director David Leveaux will helm the net's staged concert version of the original rock musical. By Bryn Sandberg Rock ’n’ roll icon Alice Cooper has been cast as the flamboyant King ...

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cooper will take on the role of King Herod in the production, which is set to air on the peacock network on Easter Sunday (April 1). The production will be ...