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.