Playhouse returns key actors for new 'Superstar' production

Playhouse returns key actors for new 'Superstar' production

MANKATO — In 2019 when she first appeared as Mary Magdalene in the very first Mankato Playhouse production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Anastacia Wells-Steinberg was still finding her way in the Mankato arts scene.

Theatre 29 brings a modern twist to Jesus Christ Superstar

I had the pleasure of attending Theatre 29’s production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” directed by Charles Harvey. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, the show was released initially as a concept album prior to its Broadway debut in 1971. It is based on the Gospel accounts of the final days of the life of Jesus Christ. While I knew the basis of the storyline and that the music was a rock opera, I was unaware that the entire p…