Incubus' Brandon Boyd, NSYNC's JC Chasez, Sex Pistol's Johnny Rotten & Dentiny's Child Michelle Williams To Headline JC Superstar Tour

JC Chasez, John Lyndon, Michelle Williams & Brandon Boyd

News just came out that a star-studed national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar will kick-off June 9.  I'm always a little weary of any pop celebrities in Broadway shows.  The fact that this tour has not one but four pop star singers does make me think it probably will be a disappointment.  HOWEVER, Jesus Christ Superstar is one of my favorite shows of all time... maybe even my favorite, so I'm going to have to see this tour even if it's just to complain about it.

The tour will star lead singer of the Sex Pistols John Lyndon aka Johnny Rotten as Herod, Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd as Judas, NSYNC's JC Chasez as Pontius Pilot, and Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalane.  Jesus will apparently be played by Ben Forster, the winner of a UK TV reality series to find the next Jesus called "Superstar".

Am I the only one who is more impressed with the fact that there was a JC Superstar tryout reality show than about a bunch of washed up pop starts being in the tour??  I want to watch Superstar! How can I find it in the US???  It was either really bad if there was a bunch of crappy pop American idol types trying out or awesome because there were real rock singers from bands trying out.  I guess I'll have to figure out how to watch the show to find out.

Boyd and Williams were on Good Morning America this morning to announce the tour and sing the title song.  I have to say I'm pretty impressed with Boyd's performance, he has the perfect voice for Judas and I'm excited to see him on stage.  Williams looks like she might break apart from being malnourished but I'm sure she'll do a decent job, she does have a good voice.  The 12-year old inside me is actually really excited to see JC, because he was my favorite!  I still think he's really sexy, hopefully he doesn't suck.  I really don't know what to think about Johnny Rotten playing Herod, if he still has energy and his voice is still there it might be awesome, but he's pretty old now.

Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera based very loosely on the Gospel's account of the last week of Jesus' life.  It highlights political and interpersonal struggles between Judas Iscariot and Jesus, struggles that are not in the Bible. The show began life as a record-breaking album in 1970 before it landed on Broadway in 1971. It was subsequently revived on Broadway in 1977, 2000 and 2012.  I saw the 2012 performance and thought Judas and Jesus were amazing!  It will be hard to top them.

Someone uploaded a video of the entire 2012 Broadway production that they must have secretly taped.  It's actually decent quality.  If you have some time to spare check it out.  And thank you to whoever took this video!