Russian Performance of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Cancelled Due to Religious Protests

A November 1st performance of Jesus Christ Superstar in Omsk, Russia has been cancelled due to protests by a group of conservative Orthodox Christians.

According to Russian reports, a local group called Family, Love, and Fatherland filed a complaint that the musical mocked religious faith.

Amnesty called it "an affront to freedom of expression and the latest example of interference in Russian cultural life by nationalist 'activists'".

Jesus Christ Superstar, the ground-breaking rock opera which reinvented musical theatre for the modern age, tells the story of the last week of Christ's life. The zeal with which Christ's followers are hailing him as the Son of God becomes a source of dismay to his disciple Judas Iscariot. Fearing that this tide of religious fervor will provoke brutal repression by the occupying Romans, Judas must make his fateful choice between faith and betrayal.