When was Gore Vidal born?
I really like Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). I grew up listening to the soundtrack and recently got into it again when I got to see it on the big screen as part of the ScreenPeace Film Festival put on by the Dayton International Peace Museum a few months ago. I did the whole standard internet nerd thing then, Googling and IMDbing, downloading the soundtrack, seeing where the actors were now, that sort of thing. I did the standard Ted Neeley/Yvonne Elliman/Carl Anderson checks, but also most of the others, like Paul Thomas (award-winning porn star/director), Josh Mostel, and Bob Bingham. Bob Bingham (who played Caiaphas in the Broadway show and film) was the one I really wanted to find other things on. I was kind of captivated by him; he is stunning, to listen to and to see, so large and lovely-deep-voiced. Particularly when contrasted by his co-star, the considerably smaller and higher-voiced Kurt Yaghjian (who played Annas and is currently in the band Kenny Vance and the Planotones).
