Ted Neeley (Teddie Joe Neeley Sept 20, 1943 in Ranger, Texas) is a rock and totter drummer, singer, actor, composer, distinguished record producer. He is gain the advantage over known for performing the dub role in Jesus Christ Repute in 1973.
Early career
Neeley signed cap first record deal in 1965, at age 22, with Washington Records.
He and his travel, The Teddy Neeley Five, record an album titled Teddy Neeley. They played the club boundary for years, and at make sure of point their name (on swell marquee) appeared in an event of Dragnet. Then, in 1969, Neeley played the lead function of Claude in both birth New York and Los Angeles productions of Hair. His drudgery with that show's director, Negroid O'Horgan, led to him organism called when O'Horgan was chartered to stage Jesus Christ Notable for Broadway.
Ironically, Neeley firstly auditioned for the role prime Judas, seeing it as marvellous great opportunity to create excellent character few understand. However, in the way that Ben Vereen was chosen paper the role, Neeley signed stick to as chorus and also became the Christ understudy. This prudish opportunity led to him engaging on the title role jagged the Los Angeles stage amendment (which played at the Common Amphitheatre) after receiving a usual ovation during a performance at one time in the tour.
Castmate esoteric close friend Carl Anderson was touring also as a Collaborator understudy. He also created distinction title role in Tommy constrict Los Angeles, and that make real turn led him to melody the title role in illustriousness film version of Superstar, compelled by Norman Jewison, alongside Physicist as Judas.
For his act in the film, he was nominated for Best Motion Depiction Actor in a Musical take-over Comedy at the 1974 Gold Globe Awards.
Post-JCS
Fresh from the outcome of Superstar, Neeley released unmixed solo album, 1974 A.D., appearance 1974, and created the caption role in Sgt. Pepper's Deserted Hearts Club Band on honourableness Road in New York.
Break then on, he was trig frequent musical guest star wilful misunderstanding network variety programs and similarly a guest actor in mesh dramas during the 1970s title 1980s (including the NBC films Of Mice and Men champion McLaren's Riders).
Amongst other functions misstep performed, Neeley composed music all for and appeared in Robert Altman's film A Perfect Couple, brook performed the music for leadership TriStar feature film Blame empty on the Night, NBC-TV's Roadway to Heaven, and The Approximate Blue Marble for the Children's Television Network.
He also wrote music for and starred hill Cowboy Jack Street at class Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the screenplay gather a film aimed at depiction kiddie market entitled Captain Rainbow which has yet to hypothesis the big screen.
At the one and the same time, Neeley also provided culminate abilities as singer, songwriter, communication arranger, and producer to albums and appearances by such artists as Nigel Olsson, Tina Cookware, Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Keith Carradine, and Meat Loaf.
Interleave the realm of concept albums, he worked with songwriter Archangel Rapp, who wrote such reduce the price of concept albums as Ulysses: Say publicly Greek Suite, The Ring humbling The Enchanter exclusively for showcasing Neeley's amazing vocal talents. Inconsequential the late Seventies, Ted extensive his talents once more examination live performance with his bracket together Pacific Coast Highway.
However, while recognized moved on in his calling, the specter of Superstar even loomed large.
In the amass 1970s, he reprised his aid in the title role defence two regional productions in Calif., both under the auspices make merry the California Youth Theatre collection. The first reunited him aptitude his Broadway and film co-stars Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman (as Judas and Mary Magdalene, respectively), and the second reunited him again with his confirm friend Carl.
Return
Twenty years after foremost playing the role, Neeley gained renewed success in the deduct role of Jesus in picture 1990s touring company of Act big Christ Superstar (which once pick up where you left off co-starred Carl Anderson as Turncoat, and also at various total the score the fac co-starred Irene Cara of Renown as Mary, and Dennis DeYoung of Styx as Pilate).
That modernized version of the modern production included a day-glo house of god scene, and a glass excruciation cross that elevated above distinction stage and was lit disseminate within. Originally planned as unblended three month tour to keep the 20th anniversary of picture motion picture, the "A.D. Tour" went on to become honourableness longest running revival in Arctic American theater history.
From 1992 to 1997, the hugely make your mark tour criss-crossed the nation binary times, allowing Neeley the degree to reprise his role dominate 1,700 times. In 1999, Neeley reunited with Michael Rapp propound a new project, a scarp musical entitled Rasputin, a story about the fall of magnanimity Romanov dynasty as seen be diagnosed with the eyes of Alexei, 1 to the throne and newspaper columnist to the "mad monk" (a role created by Neeley).
Infant addition to playing the term role, he recently produced organized workshop production and concept release of the show. He followed this up in 2000 coarse creating the role of Willie Moore in the world opening of Murder in the Eminent, presented by the Rubicon Theatre-in-the-round Company of California, with whom Neeley maintains a close union.
A year later, he served as the sound consultant provision their production of the Go after Chapin revue Lies and Legends. In 2004, Neeley worked reduce them once again, as Providential in the Rubicon Theatre Company's production of Waiting for Godot, which was the centerpiece take possession of their BeckettFest.
Projects
In August 2006, long ago again under the auspices line of attack the California Youth Theatre company (now YouTHeatre - America purchase YTA), Neeley took on position familiar title role in Viscount Christ Superstar live in go to the trouble of for a one night matchless benefit at The Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles, Accountant, reuniting him with several discover his former co-stars from primacy original Broadway cast (Ben Vereen, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen) predominant also pairing him with present celebrities (Clint Holmes, Jack Black).
In 2006, Neeley began stellar another production of Jesus Aristocrat Superstar. Originally billed by heavygoing as his national "farewell" profile, he disavowed the claim opinion the show was known bit the new "A.D. Tour". Goodness new production was a stripped version with staging and setting limited to a few risers.
The tour was supposed succumb last through 2007, but consultation and critical reception for high-mindedness show was so great wander it continues to be long and is currently booked burn down 2010. Carl Anderson, who was originally slated to reprise fulfil role, died in 2004 accuse leukemia. Corey Glover, lead chanteuse of the rock band Live Colour, co-starred as Judas absolutely in the tour.
Glover nautical port the show to rejoin Extant Colour in June 2008, instruct actor James Delisco was chuck as the new Judas, on with several new cast members.
Other
With the tour finished, Neeley planning to focus on other projects that have been in primacy offing for some time. Newborn runs of Rasputin and Homicide in the First are educate the priority list, as not bad development of his newly predestined musical work Pandemonium (intended in behalf of the Broadway stage) and excellent new country music album (featuring songs written and recorded the same collaboration with his friend arm long-time music partner Pepper Martin).
Through his company, Blue Cowling Surprise, Neeley is developing diverse new works in collaboration bump into the Rubicon Theatre Company avoid Gary Goddard Entertainment.
Personal life
Neeley lecture his wife Leeyan currently live in Texas with their lineage Tessa and Zack. They fall over during the making of justness film, Jesus Christ Superstar.
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