I saw the production with Jason Raize as Pilate and Carl Anderson. The first high note that Ted Neeley was supposed to hit he sang it an octave down, and I thought, " He's lost it." Then he came out for the temple scene and ripped the house down. People were like clapping and cheering, it was a great moment. Only to be surpassed by his Gethsemane, which to this day is my top ten things witnessed on a stage! He is so associated with the part, that I really dont think that he would do it, if he couldnt still wail.
" I wish that the stage were as narrow as a tightrope wire, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." -- Goethe (he wants you to go to my Myspace page www.myspace.com/jasonklemm