Theater

January, 1972

What hath Tom O'Horgan wrought? Apparently, a gimmicky but stupefying deliverance from the misstaged and intellectually shallow concert-opera version of Jesus Christ Superstar (which we reviewed in November). Broadway's Jesus Christ Superstar is Jesus Christ super-spectacular--a combination circus, Radio City Music Hall stage show, Todd-AO Hollywood musical, Baths of Caracalla opera and pop apocalypse. Battleship-sized constructions drop from the flies--like flies. Let's hear it for the stagehan...