A new trailer has dropped for Ivo Van Hove’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
The award-winning director has staged the production for Theater DeLaMar in Amsterdam, and the show is now playing to 18 February 2024. Also new shows have been added from 7 August to 1 September 2024.
The cast of Jesus Christ Superstar includes Jeangu Macrooy as Jesus, Freek Bartels as Judas, Edwin Jonker as Pilatus, Alex Klaasen as King Herod, and Magtel de Laat as Mary Magdalene.
The project was first announced in September 2022, and Ivo Van Hove has long held an ambition to direct Jesus Christ Superstar.
The show is produced by former Stage Entertainment producer Albert Verlinde, who now has his own production company. They worked with each other on Bowie musical Lazarus, and according to the de Volkskrant newspaper, Verlinde asked van Hove what his dream musical would be to direct. “Without thinking, he said Jesus Christ Superstar, and I’ve always remembered that”.
For the show, Van Hove is working with his regular collaborators Jan Versweyveld, who is also his partner, for set design, and An d’Huys for costume design.
Van Hove has strong connections with theatre in Amsterdam, having been artistic director of ITA (International Theater Amsterdam) for 22 years. He stepped down last year, handing over to Norwegian director Eline Arbo.
Ivo van Hove recently directed A Little Life , which he adapted from Hanya Yanagihara’s novel, at the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre, starring James Norton, Luke Thompson, Omari Douglas, and Zach Wyatt.
Van Hove is also busy in London at the moment directing new musical Opening Night, starring Sheridan Smith. The show has songs by Rufus Wainwright and will start its run at the Gielgud Theatre on 6 March 2024.
Other current productions of Jesus Christ Superstar includes the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production directed by new Donmar Warehouse artistic director Timothy Sheader, which is currently touring the UK – book tickets here.
Read more about Jesus Christ Superstar at the DeLaMar theatre.
Book tickets to Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre in London
Book tickets to the Jesus Christ Superstar UK Tour
UPDATES: First published 23 January 2024; Updated on 15 February 2024 with information on new performance dates
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