This article is about the musical production. For the film, see Jesus Christ Superstar (film). For the album, see Jesus Christ Superstar (album). For other uses, see Jesus Christ Superstar (disambiguation).
Jesus Christ Superstar
Album cover for the 1970 American release of Jesus Christ Superstar
Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics
Tim Rice
Premiere
12 October 1971 (1971-10-12): Mark Hellinger Theatre
Productions
1970 Concept album
1971 Broadway
1972 West End
1977 Broadway
1996 West End
2000 Broadway
2002 North Vernon
2012 Broadway
2012 UK tour
2016 Regent's Park Open Air
2017 Regent's Park Open Air
2019 US tour
2020 Regent's Park Open Air
2023 - Current UK Tour
Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centered on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples. Contemporary attitudes, sensibilities and slang pervade the rock opera's lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events. Stage and film productions accordingly contain many intentional anachronisms.
Initially unable to get backing for a stage production, the composers released it as a concept album, the success of which led to the show's Broadway on-stage debut in 1971. By 1980, the musical had grossed more than $237 million worldwide.[1] Running for over eight years in London between 1972 and 1980, it held the record for longest-running West End musical before it was overtaken by Cats in 1989.[2]
^"London's Longest-Running Musical To Close". The Indianapolis Star. 20 August 1980. p. 25. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^Sternfeld, Jessica (2006). The Megamusical. Indiana University Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-253-34793-0.
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