**PLEASE NOTE: "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" will be performed in a THEATER-IN-THE-ROUND format.**
"Jesus Christ Superstar" is a rock opera with lyrics by Tim Rice ("Aida," "The Lion King") and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ("Cats," "Phantom of the Opera"). The musical is loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the last week of Jesus' life. The story is told mainly from the perspective of Judas, the disciple who eventually betrays Jesus and turns him in to the Roman authorities. "Jesus Christ Superstar" opened on Broadway in October 1971 and ran for 711 performances, ending in June of 1973.