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Best of Broadway in Reynolds

If you have never been to a Broadway show, tonight is your chance to experience some of Broadway’s best shows all in one performance. The Broadway Series at Reynolds Performance Hall begins today with “101 Years of Broadway.” The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Composer and lyricist Neil Berg produced the show to create an original production containing some of Broadway’s [...]

Broadway Hit is Campus Hit

A soggy crowd started filing into Reynolds Performance Hall about 45 minutes early on a stormy Thursday night for the sold-out performance of the Broadway hit ”Legally Blonde.” They were rewarded with a dazzling Broadway-style musical production that made them laugh and brought them to their feet at the end. The play came to campus as part [...]

Jesus Christ and Ted Neeley

Almost 40 years after its debut on Broadway, the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” can still bring a crowd to its feet.   It happened again Saturday night in Reynolds Performance Hall when the national tour visited campus. The production featured Ted Neeley, who played the role of Jesus in the 1973 film version. Neeley, 66, [...]

Jesus Christ Rocks Campus Tonight

The five-time Tony Award-nominated rock opera, “Jesus Christ Superstar, ”will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today in Reynolds Performance Hall. Ted Neeley, who portrayed Jesus in the 1973 movie version and served as Jesus’ understudy in the original Broadway production, will be reprising his role. Jerry Biebesheimer, director of UCA Public Appearences, said that the [...]