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Celebrating 40 years since it first opened in London's West End, the Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour opened 21 September, 2012, at the O2 Arena in London and went on to visit Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool and Nottingham. The tour culminates in Sheffield tomorrow, 21 October. Let's see what the critics had to say throughout the tour!

In this week's edition of 'Regional Highlights of the Week', we bring you the most-read stories for the week of October 15 so sit back, catch up and enjoy all the latest regional features, reviews, interviews and more!

Spice Girl, singer-songwriter, judge on the ITV1/Andrew Lloyd Webber show SUPERSTAR and now Mary Magdalene in the show's UK arena tour, Melanie C has just released a video of CHESS's 'I Know Him So Well' from her upcoming album, STAGES.

The 21st century re-invention of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar will be broadcast to select U.S. cinemas nationwide on Monday, Oct. 29 and again on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 PM local time.

The Pheonix Theatre will present SYLVIA from October 19th through November 11th, with Friday and Saturday performances at 8:00 pm and Sunday performances at 2:00 pm. This show is directed by Rick Wright and the cast includes Erica Bergman, David Bailey, Melanie Calderwood and Rick Wright.

Following a triumphant opening weekend at London's 02 Arena, the 21st century re-invention of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" will be broadcast to select U.S. cinemas nationwide on Monday, Oct. 29 and again on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. local time.

The Pheonix Theatre will present SYLVIA from October 19th through November 11th, with Friday and Saturday performances at 8:00 pm and Sunday performances at 2:00 pm. This show is directed by Rick Wright and the cast includes Erica Bergman, David Bailey, Melanie Calderwood and Rick Wright.

Last night, 21 September, 2012, at the O2 Arena in London was the first show of the new arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Melanie C as Mary Magdalene, Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Chris Moyles as King Herod and 'Superstar' winner Ben Forster as Jesus. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Last night was the first show of the new arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Melanie C, Tim Minchin, Chris Moyles and 'Superstar' winner Ben Forster.

Tim Minchin is the star of the show but this new production prioritises concept over content

In an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed he is planning to take his arena production of Jesus Christ Superstar to the US and Australia following its UK tour. Watch his appearance on the show below!

Tomorrow night, Saturday 8th September, Andrew Lloyd Webber will sit down for a very candid chat with Jonathan Ross on Jonathan's ITV1 show. In addition, Tim Minchin, Melanie C and Ben Forster give the PREMIERE performance from the new arena production of JCS. The trio, along with backing singing from the show's Soul Girls, perform an edited version of Everything's Alright. The show will air on ITV1 from 9.55pm

On September 14-15 at 8:00 pm, the NITWITS will once again amaze Newnan Theatre Company audiences with their on-the-spot improvisations.

According to The Press Association, Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that he has not yet sealed a deal to do another reality series for ITV. Said Webber, 'That could be two years off, but what I can say is I'm in discussions to do a special with ITV after Superstar.'

At BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news in their cities and countries and to acknowledge this, we have launched a new weekly column called 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'. Check out what made news in our regional markets for the week of August 27!

Phoenix Theatre presents The Sugar Bean Sisters by Nathan Sanders, directed by Eric Lewis. The show will run tonight, August 31 through September 23, Fridays and Saturday 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

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Spice Girl, singer-songwriter, judge on the ITV1/Andrew Lloyd Webber show SUPERSTAR and now Mary Magdalene in the show's upcoming UK arena tour, Melanie C has just released previews of all the tracks from her new album 'Stages'.

According to contactmusic.com, Spice Girl Melanie C, star of the upcoming Jesus Christ Superstar UK tour, has revealed her Broadway ambitions.

West End and Broadway leading man Alex Hanson takes on the role of 'Pilate', joining Tim Minchin, Melanie C, Chris Moyles and ITV Superstar winner Ben Forster in the cutting-edge rock musical which opens on 21st September at London's The O2 arena before embarking on a 21 date arena tour across the UK and Ireland.