The Passion (2016)

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The Passion: New Orleans is an American music television special that was broadcast by Fox on March 20, 2016. Based on the Dutch franchise of the same name and produced by Dick Clark Productions and Eye2Eye Media, it was a contemporary retelling of the Passion of Jesus Christ set to popular music, through a mixture of live and pre-recorded segments filmed from locations around New Orleans.

Production

In December 2015, Fox announced that Tyler Perry, a New Orleans native, would host and narrate a television special based on the final hours of Jesus Christ's life, broadcast live from New Orleans on March 20, 2016 (Palm Sunday), and produced by Eye2Eye Media and Dick Clark Productions.

The story was portrayed using modernized imagery, and a script adapted from Bible scriptures by Peter Barsocchini of High School Musical fame, with the vetting of the American Bible Society. Producer Mark Bracco explained that The Passion would be "modern" and "inclusive", "whether you are a believer or wants to hear Trisha Yearwood sing a Whitney Houston song".

The special was an American adaptation of a Dutch television special of the same name, which has been broadcast annually since 2011, and was, in turn, a localized version of the BBC's 2006 special Manchester Passion. Creator Jacco Doornbos, who conceptualized the special in 2007 after learning that only 25% of people in the Netherlands were aware of the story of Easter, described The Passion as having become the largest annual television event in…

Adam Anders, who previously worked on fellow Fox series Glee, served as executive producer and music director for The Passion. He elaborated that the goal of the special's soundtrack was to present well-known songs "in a completely new context".

The concept of The Passion was met with skepticism; Anders remarked that he had difficulty convincing musicians to allow use of their songs because the concept of The Passion was difficult to explain, while Chris Daughtry and Prince Royce were initially hesitant towards the concept of participating in an overtly religious production.

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