Career
As a result, Forster played the lead role of Jesus in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber"s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar in its 2012 arena tour. Forster returned to the role at the end of May to tour Australia through 2013. Before his success in the Superstar competition Forster played the role of Doody in Grease and was involved in Thriller – Live in 2009.
Singer/songwriter Forster is based in London and performs across a national and international spectrum.
During his training, he was heavily featured in the British Broadcasting Corporation’s prime time fly-on-the-wall documentary The Dream Academy which aired to over 3 million people. He then went on to another lead singer role in Lennon and McCartney’s West End musical All You Need Is Love.
lieutenant was during the run of this show that the 20-year-old Forster discovered and developed a new talent – songwriting. His passion led him to re-focus his path towards a solo singing career and he signed a record deal with an independent label.
He wrote and produced his first ten-song live album, but the recording company declared bankruptcy and Forster"s solo musical ambitions were put on hold.
After finishing the 2012 arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, Forster went on to play the role of Brad Majors in the 40th anniversary tour of The Rocky Horror Show. alongside Roxanne Pallett, Rhydian, and Oliver Thornton. Forster was to reprise the role of Jesus once again for the North American tour of JCS, joining other recording artists that included Incubus" Brandon Boyd as Judas Iscariot, Destiny"s Child"s Michelle Williams as Mary Magdalene, "North Sync"s JC Chasez as Pontius Pilate, and Public Image Limited"s John Lydon as King Herod. The North American tour was canceled on 30 May 2014.
In 2013-2014 Forster performed the role of Magaldi in the West End production of Evita in the Dominion Theatre.
In October 2015, Forster reprised the role of Buddy in Elf: The Musical at the Dominion Theatre, a role which he originated in the United Kingdom première in 2014 in Plymouth. The show is scheduled to run until January 2016.
After that, Forster will play the role of The Phantom in London"s The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) from February 1, 2016. Personal In an interview with Attitude magazine, Ben stated that he is gay but “I’ve never really been asked, which is why I’ve never commented.”.