Jesus Christ Sue-perstar: Lawsuits Launched Over Cancelled Musical — rollingstone.com

The cancellation of what would've been a truly bizarre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar is now the subject of a lawsuit between the Really Useful Group — Webber's production company — and Michael Cohl, the main promoter behind the failed adaptation, The New York Times reports. Boasting a borderline surreal cast of the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten (King Herod), 'N Sync’s JC Chasez (Pontius Pilate), Destiny's Child Michelle Williams (Mary Magdalene), Incubus' Brandon Boyd (Judas) and British reality show winner Ben Forster (Jesus), the new production was abruptly canceled at the end of May before the 51-city North American arena trek could even start. At the time, Cohl cited poor ticket sales as the primary reason, saying, "It just did not make business sense to continue."

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