Brazil —
Brazilian plastic artist Alexandre Linhares has written and is producing a 75 minutes play titled Jesus pra Cristo (Jesus for Christ), containing homosexual themes and inspired  by the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar  by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. 
In the play, Mary, the mother of Jesus is a transexual, Jesus is a punk revolting against the society, Mary Magdalene is a drug dealer, prostitute and homosexual, James is HIV positive and homosexual.  The cast includes homosexual and transexual actors.
The plot begins with a 15 years old transexual (Mary) who sees a angel announcing she will conceive the Savior of the World.  Later, Jesus begins to do miracles during World War III. Followers go after him. Jesus is charged with anarchism and condemned to death. 
Alexandre Linhares, the author, tells how the play  idea was born:
The play is scheduled to open March, 18, as part of the Theater Festival of Curitiba.

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Gay play about Jesus Christ to open in Brazil