'Superstar' books Broadway

Broadway will resurrect Jesus again, while using well-received Stratford Shakespeare Company revival of "Jesus Celebrity" moving for the Neil Simon Theater in March.Move makes "Celebrity" the second Spiritual tuner to start in Gotham this season, carrying out a November opening of "Godspell."Show had made an appearance a likely wager for your Primary Stem since it bowed, due to the critical praise heaped around the program by Canuck press as well as the pedigree of helmer Des McAnuff ("Jersey Boys"). Immediately after the expansion opened up up at Stratford, "Celebrity" showed up an fall slot within the La Jolla Playhouse, the regional house where a slew of McAnuff shows -- including "Jersey Boys," "700 Sundays" and "The Who's Tommy" -- carried out right before punching the Primary Stem.Among the notable dissenters inside the critical corps will be a tepid review inside the NY Occasions, a potential hurdle with a Gotham transfer that could potentially be mitigated having a title sufficiently strong enough to draw auds without paper's thumbs-up.No casting has yet been introduced for your Broadway version. Stratford staging stars Paul Nolan, Josh Youthful, Chilina Kennedy and Brent Carver, among others.Rebirth will be the fourth time Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock retelling from the presence of Christ may have Broadway, carrying out a 1971 preem and a pair of subsequent revivals. Latest version striking the Rialto will be a short-were living 2000 production.Dodger Characteristics as well as the Really Useful Group are saved to board to supply "Celebrity" round the Rialto.Canadian production, which opened up up in June, plays through November. 6 at Stratford. It moves to La Jolla November. 18-12 ,. 31. Broadway run begins previews March 1 before a March 22 opening. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com