![]() ![]() ![]() “How about this one: My son has a job where he gets crucified daily. “It’s a great line for cops: Be careful my son’s Jesus!” Ron says, laughing uproariously. Michael's parents stand nearby and observe the growing circle of visitors around their son. “I wear my hair back,” he says, “but they still know.” Even without it Michael gets recognized in malls and restaurants around town. With collarbone-length locks framing his long face and Rasputin-like blue eyes, the costume is an accessory. “Does anyone need a prayer?” a woman with a dyed blond afro and frosted pink lipstick asks her friends, pointing at Michael. Around Christmas grown-up Jesus makes only a brief cameo (there’s concern it would confuse the audience to see him alongside baby Jesus), but it hardly matters people know Michael as Jesus whether he’s in “the diaper” or the embroidered shawl of a Jewish high priest. Michael is in the sweeping tan robes he wears to play a Bethlehem innkeeper. “ I found my kiiiiing,” an operatic voice soars. In the nearby Bethlehem set, three camels are being led into their hay-filled enclosure as speakers pipe songs from the show. Photograph by Paolo Verzone, National Geographicīefore his first role of the day, Michael descends the stairs of King Herod’s temple (a replica supposedly one-third the size of the original) and starts to intercept a stream of visitors leaving Mary’s House, where they’ve just watched Mary discover she’s pregnant. For most of the year he has a starring role in the show. Job gets his hair done in a dressing room before going on stage as Jesus. ![]()
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