Original Rent star Adam Pascal, recently seen Off-Broadway in DRAG: The Musical, will head the cast of Studio Tenn's 2026 production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
The rock tenor will play the title role in the Tennessee production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical, which will be presented May 7-24, 2026. Additional casting and a creative team will be announced at a later date.
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Pascal shot to fame in a Tony-nominated debut as Roger Davis in the original cast of the late Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent. Since that time, the gifted performer has appeared on Broadway as Radames in Aida, Billy Flynn in Chicago, the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, Huey in Memphis, Shakespeare in Something Rotten!, Chad in Disaster!, and Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman: The Musical. On the other side of the Atlantic, he was seen as Ryuk in Death Note–In Concert and opposite Josh Groban and Idina Menzel in a concert staging of the Tim Rice/ABBA musical Chess.
Jesus Christ Superstar, initially released as a concept album in 1970, premiered on Broadway in 1971 and was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Original Score for Lloyd Webber and Rice. The show was subsequently revived in 1977, 2000, and 2012. A long-running London production debuted in 1972.
Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version starring Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, and Yvonne Elliman. NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert premiered in April 2018 with John Legend, Sara Bareilles, Brandon Victor Dixon, Norm Lewis, and more.
A starry Hollywood Bowl concert production is set for August.
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