Jesus Christ Super Star Returns

     Being the first show I ever saw, Jesus Christ Superstar holds a special place in my heart. And it has officially been confirmed that after a long break, it will  be returning to New York this spring. The show is set to begin performances on March 1, 2012 but is not scheduled to open to the public until March 22. The show is set to take the stage in the Neil Simon Theater on West 52nd street. 

     Currently on the stage there is Terrence McNally's Catch Me If You Can but according to Ticketmaster and the official Catch Me If You Can website the show closed on September 4th of this year although it was scheduled to run until November 20th. Catch Me If You Can ran for a total of two hundred and two shows including regular performances and previews. They will now begin the national tour in the fall of 2012. 

      As for the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar, nothing has been announced as of yet but as the date gets closer the information will be released. The show first opened on Broadway in 1971 with an outstanding cast of Jeff Fenholt playing Jesus and Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene. The show's big star was Ben Vereen. Although Jesus Christ Superstar was his first On-Broadway experience, he followed with Pippin in 1972, Grind in 1985, Jelly's Last Jam in 1993, Fosse in 2001 and Wicked in 2006. This cast will be a hard one to follow up but I have full confidence that the revival will be just as good as the original. 

      Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice, writers of Superstar, are also known for writing Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat. Webber's other creations include: The Phantom of the Opera and Cats. 

Introduction.

      Hello to anyone who has happened to stumble upon my blog. Broadway has fascinated me for many years and this is an easy output for all my ideas about Broadway. I first stepped on the stage in the fifth grade. As the Benfield Elementary School's "MC" for the Talent Show, I didn't exactly start off with a bang. I was a nervous ten year old who felt as if the whole show would go down if I messed up.


        That was just the start of this unhealthy obsession. In that same year my parents signed us up for season tickets to Baltimore's Hippodrome. Now, this was no New York City's Times Square, but I was young and had never been to New York. My first professional level theater experience was going to see Jesus Christ Super Star. I was still pretty young but even by intermission I was telling my mom that this is what I wanted to do with my life. Little did she know that I actually meant it. Every kid goes through phases where they want to be an astronaut or a dolphin trainer, and believe me I had those phases too, except once I hit actress, I never looked back.


      As a father-daughter bonding experience, my dad decided after my fifth grade graduation to bring me to the beloved city of New York. The city was just as amazing as everyone had described it to me and of course the first thing I asked was if we could go and see shows on Broadway. By the time the weekend had finished I had seen both "Sweet Charity" with star, Christina Applegate, and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. It was defiantly life changing experience.

     Now, a senior in high school, I have been in around twenty productions and seen hundreds, which takes me to the point of this blog. Everything Broadway from returning shows, things in the works, or stars drama and news, I will report and comment. Thanks for reading, and stick around!