🎭 On This Day in Theatre History — October 12, 1971 🎭 The curtain rose on Jesus Christ Superstar, the electrifying rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, as it stormed onto Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City. 🔥 Starring Jeff Fenholt as Jesus, Ben Vereen as Judas, and Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene, the show ignited audiences with its bold fusion of rock and sacred storytelling — and sparked protests from religious groups who called it blasphemous. 💥 Critics we