It was kismet.

Or is that providence?

When Sydney Breeding brought the song “Gethsemane” to her voice teacher, Justin Bays started learning the ballad alongside her.

The song is challenging beyond its technical difficulty.

IF YOU GO

WHAT: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

WHERE: 210 E. South Boundary St., Perrysburg

WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday

ADMISSION: $21.80 online, $25 in person

WEBSITE: perrysburgmusicaltheatre.org

The song is the emotional peak for the titular character of Jesus Christ Superstar. Set during the Biblical Gospels, “Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)” is a heart-wrenching entreaty from Jesus to God to spare him from his inevitable death.

A month later, Breeding and Bays found out that Perrysburg Musical Theatre was staging the iconic rock opera.

They

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