Five-time Grammy Award-winning artist and Billboard magazine Gospel Artist of the Last Decade, Yolanda Adams and multiple Grammy and Gospel Music Association Dove Award-winning artist, Michael W. Smith will perform on Fox’s two-hour musical event airing live from New Orleans later this month!

Adams will kick off the show with a special live performance and Smith has been tapped for a role as one of Jesus’ disciples. Adams and Smith join previously announced host and narrator Tyler Perry, and cast members Jencarlos Canela (Jesus Christ), Chris Daughtry (Judas), Prince Royce (the disciple Peter), Seal (Pontius Pilate) and Trisha Yearwood (Mary, the mother of Jesus).

The Passion, written by Peter Barsocchini (“High School Musical”), tells the 2000-year-old story of the last hours of Jesus Christ’s life on earth through passages from the Bible and a variety of contemporary popular music, sung by the cast, and arranged specifically for this event by executive producer and hit music producer Adam Anders (“Glee,” “Rock of Ages”). Set in modern day, the event will follow the dramatic and inspirational story of Jesus of Nazareth, as he presides over the Last Supper, and then is betrayed by Judas, put on trial by Pontius Pilate, convicted, crucified and resurrected.

So while you’re listening to The Yolanda Adams Morning Show on the radio on your way to work, now you can count down until the big day when you’ll get to not only hear Yolanda Adams but see her sing again! Stay tuned!

The Passion airs live (tape delay for West Coast) on Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 8/7c on FOX.

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