Best 70s Musical - "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Considered the first (or at least first successful) rock opera ever staged, though it would take the great "Rent" to make the genre ubiquitous, this was Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece. "Superstar" is one of his firstand still bestshows, and that's saying something considering this man's prolific run. (See the next musical on this list, as well as "Evita," "Sunset Boulevard," and Webber's other Bible-centric production, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," but, by all means, skip "Cats.") Told from the perspective of Judas, Jesus' betrayer, this show finally gave him something to say ("I've been your right-hand man all along" and "Have you forgotten how put down we are?"), and you almost sympathize with his plight, despite the fact we all know what he does in the end.