[Mb-hair] Ted Neeley update

[Michael Butler]

Thank you.
MB

> All HAIR tribers who've been looking out for this JCS veteran, I'll bet you
> can't wait to see him
> in what's next!
> 
> A good deal of you will remember Ted Neeley. He sang with the Teddy Neeley
> Five and had his own
> album on Capitol Records in 1966. In 1968 or so, he was Claude in the Los
> Angeles production of
> HAIR, and I am told he also played the role in New York. From there, he went
> on to JESUS CHRIST
> SUPERSTAR as a Jesus understudy, and after taking the title role in the Los
> Angeles cast, he did a
> run with a concert version of the Who's TOMMY and then did the JCS film for
> which he is now famed.
> He did a few other runs of JCS in the 70s, but he was mainly known for TV and
> films (in particular
> his appearance on STARSKY AND HUTCH in a three-part episode, not to mention
> his composition and
> performance of the theme song for HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN, his appearance in the
> abandoned NBC pilot
> McCLAREN'S RIDERS, his role as Curley in OF MICE AND MEN with Robert Blake,
> etc.). He also did a
> seven-year national tour of JCS which grossed over $100 million, running from
> 1992 to 1998. Well,
> he's not under a rock, and he's coming back looking for a place to play!
> 
> He just finished playing Lucky in WAITING FOR GODOT at the Rubicon Theatre
> Company BeckettFest in
> California, and soon, he'll be off to play the lead role in a national tour of
> MAN OF LA MANCHA!
> This should go well. In the past, he has also veered into playing a convict in
> MURDER IN THE
> FIRST, and the title role of the eponymous Mad Monk in RASPUTIN: MIRACLES LIE
> IN THE EYE OF THE
> BEHOLDER (also soon to have a premiere in Philadelphia at the Forrest Theatre,
> maybe with Ted,
> featuring the Bolshoi Ballet!). Also soon to come is a reunion world tour of
> JCS featuring him as
> Jesus to begin at the Vatican. Carl Anderson planned it before his death, and
> it will soon come to
> pass.
> 
> Mr. Butler, I recall you asked me awhile back if I had Ted Neeley's e-mail
> address. I regretted
> telling you that I did not have that information. Well, in case you don't know
> it now, I know
> someone who does. Her name is Cindi and she has kept in contact with Ted for a
> while. Her e-mail
> address is cverbelun at core.com if you wish to contact Ted.
> 
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