The run closed July 1, 1973
- Opened
- October 12, 1971
- Closed
- July 1, 1973
- Performances
- 711
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Mark Hellinger Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 36th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Jesus Christ Superstar 4 more that season
| 1977 | Longacre Theatre Revival · William Daniel Grey | 96 perf. |
| 2000 | Ford Center For The Performing Arts Revival · Gale Edwards | 161 perf. |
| 2012 | Neil Simon Theatre Revival · Des McAnuff | 116 perf. |
| 2026 | London Palladium Transfer |
Who was in it78 named
Paul Ainsley
Bob Bingham
Robalee Barnes
Eddie Barton
Steven Bell
Ferne Bork
Alan Braunstein
Celia Brin
Dennis Buckley
Dennis Cooley
Charlotte Crossley
Denise Delapenha
Pi Douglass
Tony Gardner
Michael Jason
Phil Jethro
Cliff Lipson
Doug Lucas
Michael Meadows
Laura Michaels
Ted Neeley
Cecelia Norfleet
Janet Powell
Linda Rios
James Sbano
Peter Schlosser
Bonnie Schon
Paul Sylvan
Margaret Warncke
Willie Windsor
Kurt Yaghjian
Seth Allen
Roy Bailey
Edward Q Bhartonn
Alan Blair
Penelope Bodry
Gail Boggs
Robert Brandon
Martha Deering
W P Dremak
Carol Estey
Greg Evigan
Realinda Farrell
Lorraine Feather
Lynn Gerb
William Gestrich
Dan Gibson
Demarest Grey
William Daniel Grey
Marta Heflin
Spence Henderson
Jeffrey Hillock
Patrick Jude
Stephen Klein
Michael Lamont
Roger Lawson
Reggie Mack
Shezwae Powell
Christina Putnam
Curt Ralston
Linda Ribbach
Vicki Sue Robinson
Mark Shannon
Dennis Simpson
Jack Starkey
Shirley Sypert
Victor Vail
Randy Wilson
10 of these 78 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 68 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Tom O’Horgan
- Producer
- Robert Stigwood
- Orchestrations
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awardscategories not held
0 wins from 5 nominations. Which categories is not on this record.
Around this production
The concept album sold millions before the show ever reached the stage. It was one of the first musicals to be commercially successful as a recording before a single performance was staged.
- Like the Lloyd Webber-Rice shows Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, Chess originated as a successful record album before it became a stage production. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 273
- Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, which opened in London in 1960, held the West End long-run record for a musical until overtaken by Jesus Christ Superstar, and its Broadway facsimile—also directed by Peter Cole and designed by Sean Kenny—was the longest running musical import until overtaken by Evita. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 225
- Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Pardon Our Antenna is that buried deep in its cast was Tom O’Horgan, the future director of such Broadway hits as Hair (1968), Lenny (1971), and Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 489
- Following Ragtime, the theater hosted a poorly received revival of Jesus Christ Superstar (4/16/2000; 161 performances). Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 192
- Jesus Christ Superstar, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and Tim Rice’s first Broadway hit, was a rock musical based on the life of Christ. The production was a big hit with 711 performances. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 355
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Jesus Christ Superstar at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.