JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Set for 2011 Stratford Shakespeare Festival?

According to reports from The Star- JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will be the main musical featured in the 2011 Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Artistic Director Des McAnuff will be in control of the staging.

In the past, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been uncertainly schedules but due to touring productions the rights were never available for the show at the right time.

This season, McAnuff will put on another Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice creation when it presents EVITA.

According to The Star, insiders seem to think Paul Nolan (who played Orlando in AS YOU LIKE IT) and Josh Young (Che in EVITA) are likely to star in the production as Jesus and Judas.

Also believed to be in the lineup for next season is TWELFTH NIGHT, to be directed by McAnuff.

With William Shakespeare as its foundation, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival aims to set the standard for classical theatre in North America. Embracing our heritage of tradition and innovation, we seek to bring classical and Contemporary Theatre alive for an increasingly diverse audience.

For more than half a century, our mission has evolved to address the ever-changing, ever-challenging Canadian cultural landscape. What has remained constant, however, is our determination to create stimulating, thought-provoking productions of Shakespeare's plays, to examine other plays from the classical repertoire, and to foster and support the development of Canadian theatre practitioners.

By searching Canada and the world for the finest talent, and by providing the conditions and training that enable those artists to achieve their most courageous work, we will immerse our audiences in a theatregoing experience that is not only innovative, entertaining and unsurpassed anywhere in the world, but also deeply relevant to, and reflective of, their lives and communities.

For more information, visit online at www.stratfordfestival.ca.

 

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