Jesus Christ Superstar: The Musical Hits Broadway this Spring

BLACK PLANET UNIVERSAL
By Oretha Winston

CANADA - Producers announced Tuesday that the rock musical, "Jesus Christ Superstar" about the last days of Jesus written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice will hit New York in the spring, a move that was widely expected. Previews will begin on March 1 at the Neil Simon Theatre and an official opening is set for March 22. Des McAnuff, the artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, where the revival originated this summer, will again direct. The latest stage production opened at the Canadian festival in June and ends its run there on Nov. 6 before moving to the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, Calif., for final tweaking from Nov. 18 to Dec. 31 before its Broadway run. [link]