<P> A new production of Jesus Christ Superstar was mounted at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, in Stratford, Ontario, in 2011 . Directed by Des McAnuff, the cast starred Paul Nolan as Jesus, Josh Young as Judas, Brent Carver as Pilate, Chilina Kennedy as Mary Magdalene, Bruce Dow as Herod and Melissa O'Neil as Martha . This moved to La Jolla Playhouse later in the year and transferred to the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway in 2012, with Tom Hewitt taking over the role of Pilate . Reviews were mixed . The revival was nominated for two Tonys: Best Revival and, for Young, Best Actor . Neither award was won, but Young won a Theatre World Award . The revival closed after 116 performances and 24 previews . </P> <P> Through a 2012 ITV competition TV show called Superstar, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the UK public chose Ben Forster for the role of Jesus in an arena tour of the musical, beginning at O2 in September 2012 . The production also starred Tim Minchin as Judas, Melanie C as Mary Magdalene and Chris Moyles as King Herod . Lloyd Webber stated, "The funny thing is that Jesus Christ Superstar (as a rock concert) is what we actually intended it to be . When it is done in a conventional proscenium theatre production it feels shoe - horned in . That is why I wanted to do this ." The tour resumed in March 2013 in the UK, and an Australian leg of the tour commenced in Perth in May 2013 . Andrew O'Keefe played King Herod in Australia, with Jon Stevens as Pilate . Stevens had played Judas in an Australian arena tour in 1992 . </P> <P> In 2016, celebrating 45 years since the musical debuted on Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar returned to London at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, directed by Timothy Sheader . The production won the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival . The production returned to the Open Air Theatre as part of the 2017 season, running from 11 August 2017 to 23 September . Additionally, the Lyric Opera of Chicago is hosting a run of the opera from late April 2018 to late May 2018 . </P> <P> Two notable Jesuses were Takeshi Kaga, in the 1976 Japanese production, and Camilo Sesto in the 1975 Spanish production . Mary Magdalene was Rocío Banquells in a 1981 production in Mexico . A Czech version premiered in 1994 in Prague's Spirála Theatre and ran until 1998, with 1288 performances . In the 2000s, a Venezuelan production ran for two years (2006--2008), directed by Michel Hausmann . A Spanish production produced by Stage Entertainment ran from 2007 to 2009, followed by long - running productions in Italy and Sweden (featuring Ola Salo) and Norway . </P>

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