The Secret Weapon In Jesus Christ Superstar Is Not What You Would Expect

The real revelation of the evening, the performance people will still be talking about weeks after the curtain falls, is Aaron Alexander Gordon as Simon. Every once in a while, a supporting actor quietly walks onstage and accidentally exposes themselves as the future lead your theatre company should already be building productions around. That is exactly what happens here. Simon is not traditionally the role audiences leave discussing. Aaron changes that entirely.

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