| Show 0041' B4 THE ARTS The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday April 4 1993 'Jesus Christ Superstar' arrives without a ruckus Continued from IF You Go At that time the First Presidenof the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints issued a state- cy What: "Jesus Christ Superstar" national tour y 'Nof - More than 600 people showed up for the audition Mr Anderson said including Gary Puckett of Union Gap fame and Murray Head the original Judas on the album (which was released two years before the show became a stage play) There was some controversy at first over the choice of a black man portray Judas the betrayer and Mr Anderson acknowledges that in the beginning he took the role so seriously he made himself sick "Now I'm able to do it as a role B-- 1 ment urging Mormons and "good men everywhere" to oppose the rock opera and other music aimed at "destruction of sacred principles" The church's position today remains the same Businessman Thomas O Breltling a Catholic appealed to the Salt Lake County commissioners in 1971 to stop the appearance of the musical calling it "blasphemous and showing contempt for God our Father" Mr Breitling a civil engineer stands by his accusation 22 years later but said he will file no formal protest this time In addition to the tours there have been two community-theate- r productions of "Superstar" in Salt Lake City both presented in Christian churches Over at the Capitol Theatre the box office has been frantic — but not with complaints from angry citizens On the contrary ArtTix e manager Mark Chambers said there is much excitement generated by the musical's third tour coming to the city The response to this latest visit which reunites Ted Neeley as sus and Carl Anderson as Judas has been a startling success since opening in Baltimore in December (The two appeared on Broadway and in the 1973 film version in the same roles) Mr Anderson a jazz recording artist has been with the show since the beginning and came to Salt Lake as Judas in the '71 pro- at the Salt Palace He re- ductacion an ailing Ben Vereen two months into the Broadway run With one exception — when a man came up to Mr Anderson with "a little protest" — this latest tour has been greeted with accolades "We've all grown up" said the gregarious Mr Anderson from Ohio en route to Utah via a stop in Wisconsin "The social hoopla has gone The show is music and the music is being performed correctly" — an obvious reference to his dislike of the overproduced Broadway extravaganza "Everywhere we go the tour could set down for a month A lot of people tells us they want to see if these two fat old boys have lost it but Ted and I the wily veterans among this cast of talented kids are still skinny and maybe better now because we have some maturity The show is tough physically and I can't get up in the morning but hey when the time arrives to be onstage everything comes to- When: Tuesday through Saturday 8 pm mati- nees Friday Saturday and April 11 2 pm Where: Capitol Theatre 50 W 200 South Salt Lake City Tickets: $19 to $37 avail- Catering minute set from the "brown album" as the original "Jesus Christ Superstar" recording was known An Episcopal priest was in the club and was so impressed he invited the group to play at his church on Palm Sunday Reporters from the Washington newspapers and NBC television attended the Sunday service The segment aired the next morning on the "Today" show producer Robert Stigwood saw it tracked down Carl Anderson who was living "like a hippie on a farm in Virginia" and asked him to go to New York and audition for the role of Judas 04 - t iii ' ti Ce cheating 14"4"e4aAS-1111 4 b 4—II'q 582-860- 7 FAX 0 t k i w- r a it a ' ' eut 'A44 ir MIDAS & THE BRIDGE t April 9th L ENJOY OUR 4 LAVISH 41 — 1 1i J a rpaz : tt "''''' -- - i '' (AkbP‘I ‘61115 ly '' r - ' -- - - ?' 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