Bay City Players to Present JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, 7/28-31

Bay City Players will present Jesus Christ Superstar, Lyrics by Tim Rice and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Performance dates are July 28 - 31, 2016 at the Bay City Players, 1214 Columbus Avenue, in Bay City. Performance times are 8:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Jesus Christ Superstar is Directed by Michael Wisniewski with Music Direction by Loren Kirker Kranz and Jan Sutherland, and Choreography by Holly Haga Bills.

Tickets are available by visiting our website www.baycityplayers.com or by contacting the Bay City Players box office Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at (989) 893-5556. Evening box office hours begin on Thursday, July 28, 2016. Hours are Thursday through Saturday, July 28th through 30th 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and July 31st at 2:00 p.m. Ticket prices are Students: $10.00, Adult and Senior: $20.00.

It began as a record album and became a cultural phenomenon after its Broadway opening in 1971 as a rock opera. Jesus Christ Superstar musically takes the last days of Jesus with His disciples in Jerusalem to His crucifixion. The music is a mix going from tender emotions ("I Don't Know How to Love Him"), to sassy arrogance ("King Herod's Song"), to thrilling acclamations. Superstar is touching, disturbing, and a totally involving theatre experience about Jesus' struggles with the politics and people of His time, but with a bent toward modern audiences and contemporary feelings. Superstar is another special summer production giving Players' audiences and performers an out-of-the-ordinary theatrical experience.