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Community Review by Sarah King

I recently saw Jesus Christ Superstar at the Chico Cabaret. I was so excited to see this performance; I have always loved this musical. It was very enjoyable. The singing was wonderful, the lead characters, Jesus, Judas and Mary blew me away. Peter’s voice was also very nice; his duet with Mary, “Could we start again” was fantastic. Caiaphas and Annas were well performed, Annas was perfectly suited to his role. Pontius Pilate was well sung, but I felt he missed the mark during the whipping scene, why didn’t he count the lashes? The chorus sounded good as well and really brought a full sound to the show. The band accompanying them was spot on as well.

The costumes were well done; however, I don’t understand why one costume was cut so high. This is not a sexy show, it’s a Jesus show, the slit was not appropriate for the time. But that was only one costume out of many.

I was thoroughly enjoying the show until the big numbers, where the cast was dancing. The choreography was not good, it didn’t match the energy of the music, nor did it look well rehearsed. Dancers were out of sync with each other and the music, dragging down the energy of the big, important numbers. King Herod’s number was particularly bad; it was poorly choreographed, poorly danced and poorly sung. Rock and Roll musicals deserve good, rock and roll choreography and this musical doesn’t have that.
I would recommend this show to anyone! I really enjoyed it and found the cast to be delightful and talented. Even the bad choreography didn’t diminish my enjoyment because everything else was so well done. Go see Jesus Christ Superstar!!