Let the Battles begin! Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a new musical inspired by the album from Grammy-winning band The Flaming Lips, could be heading to Broadway, according to The Los Angeles Times. The rock tuner originally premiered at California’s La Jolla Playhouse in November 2012, and Korean producer Chun-soo Shin (Broadway’s Jekyll & Hyde) plans to transfer the ...

Tommy director Des McAnuff will bring a brand new staging of The Who's rock musical to Ontario’s Stratford Festival, starring Robert Markus as Tommy Walker, Paul Nolan as Cousin Kevin and Jeremy Kushnier as Captain Walker. The production will begin performances May 4 at Stratford’s Avon Theatre, with an official opening night set for May 30. Tommy ...

Paul Nolan will star in Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, the upcoming musical from Grammy-winning rock group The Flaming Lips, according to The Globe and Mail. Directed by Des McAnuff, the musical will run at California's La Jolla Playhouse from November 6 through December 16, and is eyeing a subsequent New York run. The show will feature music and ...

For Jesus Christ Superstar fans who grew up listening to the rock opera’s original brown album, Yvonne Elliman will forever be the voice of Mary Magdalene. After all, Elliman sang the part on the original concept album, on Broadway and in the film, and she earned her first hit single in 1971 with the show’s ballad “I Don ...

The Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar may play its final performance on July 1 should business not improve in the coming week. As of that date, the show will have played 24 preview and 116 regular performances at the Neil Simon Theatre. 

Jesus Christ Superstar is based very loosely on the Gospel's account of the last week ...

The company of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar welcomed '70s rock superstar Gregg Allman (of The Allman Brothers fame) and his fiancée Shannon Williams to the show on June 14. After jamming out to tunes like “Everything’s Alright” and “The Last Supper,” Allman and Williams made their way backstage at the ...

On June 11, Broadway headed to the movies! Corbin Bleu, Linda Lavin, Paul Nolan and more joined the cast of Broadway's Rock of Ages at the Regal E-Walk Stadium Theatre in Times Square to see a preview screening of the new Rock of Ages movie. Based on the hit '80s jukebox tuner of the same name, Rock of Ages ...

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the fourth and final time this season on April 27 to determine eligibility for 18 Broadway productions.

The shows discussed included Death of a Salesman, Once, Jesus Christ Superstar, Newsies, The Best Man, End of the Rainbow, Evita, Magic/Bird, Peter and the Starcatcher, One Man, Two Guvnors, Clybourne Park, A Streetcar Named ...

The lights are always bright on the Great White Way, and with all the illuminating lessons from the last seven days, life couldn’t be brighter. From Gavin Creel’s hands-on approach to fans to Paul Nolan’s willingness to take it all off, read on to find out all of this week’s Broadway revelations.


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When Paul Nolan is making his powerful transition into the title character in Jesus Christ Superstar eight times as week, it’s as much an emotional transformation as a physical one. “Some nights I come in to play Jesus and I feel deeply sad,” he says, “And sometimes I’m way too happy to play Jesus Christ. But I use ...