Tonight (Friday March 31st) Springfield Little Theatre begins its three-week run of the first ever rock opera by the authors of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and " Evita" (and the composer of " Cats" and " Phantom of the Opera" : Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's " Jesus Christ Superstar ." Director/choreographer Lorianne Dunn says she's "excited" about the production, which has wowed audiences for more than 40 years with its emotionally intense, edgy, thought-provoking and explosively theatrical depiction of Christ’s final days, propelled by a stirring, driving and majestic score. While it's hard to imagine anyone being unfamiliar with such an iconic show, Lorianne Dunn reminds me of "a younger generation of people" who didn't grow up with the show as I did (as a 60-year-old)--and as did, though he's 15 years younger than me, Andy Bryan, Lead Pastor at Campbell United Methodist Church in Springfield, who plays Pontius Pilate in LT's production. "It's something I
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