This review first appeared in Montclair Patch. We are reproducing it here because it features the production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Westminster arts center stage in Montclair breakout performances by actors based in Maplewood Uton e. Onyejekwe (or Uton Evan) as Judas.
Montclair Operetta Club Jesus Christ Superstar score big with audiences this weekend, as companies bring Andrew Lloyd Weber's classical music for the stage with local people who do so proudly.
Club President Richard O'Connor says Superstar Operetta last-minute surprise addition to the theater, fall line up. "The us should have ' anything Goes ' and ' Evita '," he admitted. "I have a contract for the rights to ' anything Goes ' and … the next day on my email I rescission rights. So I lost our fall show. " Because local theater can't do shows during their runs Off-broadway, Evita was also axed. "After learning that there are ' Evita ' resurgence on the horizon, the original was damaged before it starts."
That is how Superstar comes to performed at the Westminster Arts Center Bloomfield College was last weekend, with the addition of the event is scheduled for 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday.
Based on the Gospel of last Sunday's life of Christ, Jesus Christ Superstar was an instant hit on Broadway in 1971. Adapted to film in 1973, it became the best-selling movie of the year and established a place for himself in infamy culture. The mainstay of local theatre companies and productions and touring since then, the play has been performed nationally and internationally. Two years ago, the original actor Ted Neeley Christ in 1973 movie, reprised the role of career at NJPAC stage.