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The first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage, Jesus Christ Superstar has wowed audiences for 50 years. Countless amateur and professional groups alike have enabled this timeless work to touch new generations of audiences and performers. But one may be familiar with the album or the film, and (somehow) unaware that the show is produced live frequently every year. One may also be unaware of special JCS-related events featuring stars of the original stage or film casts.

Want to experience the magic of JCS for yourself in a real live theater (or cinema)? Well, look no further! Now, thanks to this page, you will be able to track down performances at a venue near you, with links to buy tickets and learn more about each production (or event) where available.

Support your local JCS, and keep the circle turning!

Public Service Announcements

It is our understanding that certain licensing agencies forbid an amateur presenter from announcing that they are presenting Jesus Christ Superstar until after a set cut-off date. However, this has yet to stop the agency from turning around and prematurely posting a listing on their website, from which we in turn source our knowledge. We have, in the past, posted about such productions before the appointed date and have been privately asked to remove this information. If this has occurred in your case, speak to us immediately, and we will comply. We fail to understand why this continues to be the case, but we are willing to accommodate amateur groups, who are not "the bad guy" here.

Additionally, all event information at links and listed below is subject to change as the world continues to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We aim to keep the info as current as possible, but this is not going to be an exact science. Please bear with us!

Licensing Agents

Below, you’ll find the appropriate contact to license Jesus Christ Superstar in your part of the world. If your licensing affiliate does not include a list of forthcoming amateur or regional productions on their site, you’re welcome to reach out to us through our Facebook page, and we’ll be happy to help promote your event to potential viewers in your region!

USA / Canada / Mexico / Puerto Rico

Concord Theatricals logo
See below for a list of forthcoming productions, and click the logo above to access licensing info!

Concord Theatricals Corp.
250 W. 57th Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10107
(866) 979-0447
info@concordtheatricals.com

UK / Ireland / Rest of World

ALW Show Licensing logo
Click the logo above to access licensing info!

Andrew Lloyd Webber Show Licensing
Really Useful Group
6 Catherine Street
London WC2B 5JY
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 3475 7923
stockandamateur@reallyuseful.com

Australia / New Zealand

Origin Theatrical logo
Click the logo above to access licensing info!

ORiGiN™ Theatrical Pty. Ltd.
PO Box Q1235
QVB Post Office
Sydney NSW 1230
Australia
(+61 2) 8514 5204
kim@originmusic.com.au

Austria / Germany / Switzerland

Musik und Bühne logo
See below for a list of forthcoming productions, and click the logo above to access licensing info!

Musik und Bühne Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Bahnhofstraße 44-46
65185 Wiesbaden
Germany
+49 611 360 383 00
post@musikundbuehne.de

Scandinavia

Nordiska ApS logo
See below for a list of forthcoming productions, and click the logo above to access licensing info!

Nordiska ApS
Studiestræde 5, 1.
1455 Copenhagen K
Denmark
+45 33 48 90 00
info@nordiska.dk

Africa

Dalro logo
Click the logo above to access licensing info!

Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) Pty. Ltd.
PO Box 31627
2017 Braamfontein
South Africa
+27 11 712 8330
theatricals@dalro.co.za

Production Listings

This is by no means an exhaustive listing of all current professional (read: first class), regional, or amateur productions of Jesus Christ Superstar. (Especially true in the case of the last type; at one point, all forthcoming amateur productions were listed on the websites of various licensing affiliates, but as of May 2021, this is no longer the case.) If we’ve missed something, you’re welcome to reach out to us through our Facebook page, and we’ll be happy to include it here and help promote your event to potential viewers in your region! But before we get to that info…

North America

National Tour (U.S. / Canada)

50th anniversary tour logo
Click above to access the official tour website. (Logo artwork © Work Light Productions / Really Useful Group Ltd.)

In the summer of 2016, a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar was mounted in the UK by the outdoor Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, under the direction of Timothy Sheader. It won the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. The production returned to Regent’s Park as part of the 2017 season, played an indoor summer run at London’s Barbican Centre in 2019, and was performed again outdoors at Regent’s, socially distanced, from late summer to early fall 2020.

It also appeared in the U.S., first in a limited run at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the spring of 2018 and then as a national tour in the fall of 2019 intending to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original JCS album’s release. In March 2020, the production temporarily shut down due to COVID-19 but resumed performances in September 2021 and played successfully around the U.S. and Canada until it closed in early August 2022.

A non-Equity production began touring in the fall of 2022 with a different cast and “new” (though we assume similar, from the branding and marketing) staging. Though tour dates are posted on the website, linked above, we’ve collected current data — not all of which has been available from the tour site itself, in our experience — and share it here in the interest of information. At this point, all dates in the menu below remain tentative, and one should regularly check the websites linked within for updated details. We’ll try to do likewise to keep this page current, including removing dates as an individual city finishes its run.

September 29-30: Clemens Center, Elmira, NY
October 3-8: Ohio Theatre, Columbus, OH
October 10: WVU Canady Creative Arts Center, Morgantown, WV
October 11: Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences, Charleston, WV
October 13-15: Belk Theater (Blumenthal Performing Arts Center), Charlotte, NC
October 17-18: The Whiting, Flint, MI
October 20-22: Capital One Hall, Tysons, VA
October 24-25: Budweiser Gardens, London, ON (Canada)
October 26: FirstOntario Concert Hall, Hamilton, ON (Canada)
October 27-29: Scranton Cultural Center, Scranton, PA
October 30-31: Warner Theatre, Erie, PA
November 1: Valentine Theatre, Toledo, OH
November 2: Coronado Performing Arts Center, Rockford, IL
November 4: Lied Center, Lawrence, KS
November 5: Bartlesville Community Center, Bartlesville, OK
November 6-8: Hammons Hall, Springfield, MO
November 11: Strand Theatre, Shreveport, LA
November 13: Temple Theater, Lufkin, TX
November 14: Cowan Center, Tyler, TX
November 15-16: Rudder Auditorium (Texas A&M University), College Station, TX
November 17-18: H-E-B Performance Hall (Tobin Center for the Performing Arts), San Antonio, TX
November 20: Selena Auditorium (American Bank Center), Corpus Christi, TX
November 21: McAllen Performing Arts Center, McAllen, TX
November 25: Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston, TX
November 28: Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (Montana State University), Bozeman, MT
November 29: Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
December 1-3: Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
January 10-13: Harris Center, Folsom, CA
January 15-16: Saroyan Theatre, Fresno, CA
January 17-18: Mary Stuart Rogers Theater (Gallo Center for the Arts), Modesto, CA
January 19-21: Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA
January 23-28: Buell Theatre (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Denver, CO
January 30: Stephens Auditorium (Iowa State Center @ ISU), Ames, IA
January 31: McCain Auditorium (Kansas State University), Manhattan, KS
February 1-4: Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, NE
February 6: Bismarck Event Center, Bismarck, ND
February 7: Chester Fritz Auditorium (University of North Dakota), Grand Forks, ND
February 8: Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, Duluth, MN
February 9: Weidner Center, Green Bay, WI
February 10: Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA
February 13: Orpheum Theatre, Sioux City, IA
February 14: Adler Theatre, Davenport, IA
February 15: Weill Center, Sheboygan, WI
February 17-18: Sangamon Auditorium, Springfield, IL
February 20-21: IU Auditorium, Bloomington, IN
February 24-25: Grand Opera House, Macon, GA
February 28: Thalia Mara Hall, Jackson, MS
February 29: Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette, LA
March 1-3: Robinson Performance Hall, Little Rock, AR
March 5-10: Straz Center, Tampa, FL
March 11-12: King Center, Melbourne, FL
March 13: Phillips Center (University of Florida), Gainesville, FL
March 15-17: Von Braun Center (Broadway Theatre League), Huntsville, AL
March 18-20: Martin Center for the Arts (East Tennessee State University), Johnson City, TN
March 22: Ferguson Center, Newport News, VA
March 23-24: Hershey Theatre, Hershey, PA
March 25: Tuscarawas PAC (Kent State University), New Philadelphia, OH
March 26-27: Miller Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI
March 29-30: Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
April 2-4: Palace Theater, Waterbury, CT
April 5-7: Proctors Theatre (MainStage), Schenectady, NY
April 12-13: Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME
April 14: Eisenhower Hall, West Point, NY
April 16-17: Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL
April 18: Lima Civic Center, Lima, OH
April 19-20: EKU Center for the Arts, Richmond, KY
April 21: Old National Events Plaza, Evansville, IN
April 24-25: Forum Theatre, Binghamton, NY
April 29: Santander Performing Arts Center, Reading, PA
May 1: Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Brookeville, NY

Amateur/Regional Productions

Below, in chronological order by opening date, are listings for various smaller scale productions (schools, universities, church groups, community theaters, and other regional venues). Click the name of each producer to access ticket info. At this point, all dates remain tentative, and one should regularly check the websites linked within for updated details.

September 21-October 7: Willow’s Edge Creations (Cultural Arts Center @ Disciples Church), Cleveland Heights, OH
November 3-19: Highlands Lakeside Theatre, Sebring, FL
November 10-26: Opera House Players, Enfield, CT
November 12-December 3: Arizona Repertory Theatre (University of Arizona), Tucson, AZ

January 4-13: A-List Productions (Glenn Massay Theater), Palmer, AK
January 26-February 6: Lakeside Little Theatre, San Antonio Tlayacapan, JAL (Mexico)
March 12-16: University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB (Canada)
March 15-24: Jefferson Performing Arts Society, Metairie, LA
March 15-24: Happy Ending Lyric Players (First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland), Cleveland, OH
March 16: Phoenix Productions, Red Bank, NJ
April 4-20: Western Canada Theatre Company Society, Kamloops, BC (Canada)
April 13-May 5: Sunnyvale Community Players, Sunnyvale, CA
April 26: Nehloo Performances LLC, Chicago, IL (Romanian language production)
May 1-11: Sudbury Performance Group, Sudbury, ON (Canada)
May 3-18: Village Playbox, Haddon Heights, NJ
July 25-August 4: Starry Night Theatre, North Tonawanda, NY
September 5-22: Flat Rock Playhouse, Flat Rock, NC
November 29-December 1: Evalino Productions, Canton, MI

United Kingdom

National Tour

Click above to access the official tour website. (Logo artwork © Really Useful Group Ltd.)

In the summer of 2016, a revival of Jesus Christ Superstar was mounted in the UK by the outdoor Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, under the direction of Timothy Sheader. It won the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and an Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. The production returned to Regent’s Park as part of the 2017 season, played an indoor summer run at London’s Barbican Centre in 2019, and was performed again outdoors at Regent’s, socially distanced, from late summer to early fall 2020.

In February 2023, a UK tour (to begin in September, and currently booked through summer 2024, with more dates still to come) was announced, with select venues going on sale at that time. Though tour dates are posted on the website, linked above, we’ve also collected current data and shared it here in the interest of information. At this point, all dates in the menu below remain tentative, and one should regularly check the websites linked within for updated details. We’ll try to do likewise to keep this page current, including removing dates as an individual city finishes its run.

September 26-30: Theatre Royal, Newcastle, GB-ENG
October 2-7: New Theatre, Hull, GB-ENG
October 10-14: His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, GB-SCT
October 16-21: Kings Theatre, Glasgow, GB-SCT
October 23-28: Liverpool Empire, Liverpool, GB-ENG
October 30-November 4: Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, GB-ENG
November 6-11: Theatre Royal, Plymouth, GB-ENG
November 14-18: Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, GB-ENG
November 27-December 2: Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, GB-ENG

January 8-13: Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, GB-ENG
January 15-20: Regent Theatre, Ipswich, GB-ENG
January 29-February 3: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, GB-WLS/GB-CYM
February 6-10: Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, GB-SCT
February 12-17: Leicester Curve, Leicester, GB-ENG
February 19-24: Regent Theatre, Stoke, GB-ENG
February 26-March 2: Churchill Theatre, Bromley, GB-ENG
March 5-9: Eden Court, Inverness, GB-SCT
March 11-16: Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol, GB-ENG
March 18-23: Hawth Theatre, Crawley, GB-ENG
March 25-30: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, GB-ENG
April 8-13: Theatre Royal, Norwich, GB-ENG
April 15-20: Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, GB-ENG
April 22-27: Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, GB-ENG
April 30-May 4: Hall for Cornwall, Truro, GB-ENG
May 6-11: New Theatre, Oxford, GB-ENG
May 13-18: New Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, GB-ENG
June 3-8: New Victoria Theatre, Woking, GB-ENG
June 11-15: Sunderland Empire, Sunderland, GB-ENG
June 17-22: Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, GB-ENG
June 24-29: Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, GB-ENG
July 1-6: Venue Cymru, Llandudno, GB-WLS/GB-CYM
July 9-13: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, GB-ENG
July 16-20: Princess Theatre, Torquay, GB-ENG
July 22-27: Orchard Theatre, Dartford, GB-ENG
August 5-10: Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, GB-ENG
August 12-17: Opera House Winter Gardens, Blackpool, GB-ENG

The Netherlands

Click above to access the official tour website.

Producers Albert Verlinde, Matthijs Bongertman, and Jaco Kaasschieter, by special arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd., will present a new production of Jesus Christ Superstar helmed by iconoclastic director Ivo van Hove, performed in English. Starring Jeangu Macrooy, Freek Bartels, Edwin Jonker, Alex Klaasen, and Magtel de Laat, among others, this will tour the Netherlands throughout 2024.

Though tour dates are posted on the website, linked above, we’ve also collected current data and shared it here in the interest of information. At this point, all dates in the menu below remain tentative, and one should regularly check the websites linked within for updated details. We’ll try to do likewise to keep this page current, including removing dates as an individual city finishes its run.

January 13-February 18: DeLaMar, Amsterdam, NL
February 21-25: ATLAS Theater, Emmen, NL
February 28-March 3: Schouwburg Agnietenhof, Tiel, NL
March 6-10: Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastritcht, NL
March 13-17: Theater & Concert Orpheus, Apeldoorn, NL
March 20-24: TAQA Theater De Vest, Alkmaar, NL
March 28-April 7: Nieuew Luxor Theater, Rotterdam, NL
April 10-14: Chasse Theater, Breda, NL
April 17-21: Stadsschouwburg Nijmegen, Nijmegen, NL
May 2-5: Wilminktheater, Enschede, NL
May 8-12: Theater Heerlen, Heerlen, NL
May 15-19: Schouwburg Concertzaal Tilburg, Tilburg, NL
May 22-26: Theater De Spiegel, Zwolle, NL
May 29-June 2: MartiniPlaza Theater, Groningen, NL
June 5-9: Schouwburg Amphion, Doetinchem, NL
June 13-16: Theater aan de Parade, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL
June 19-23: Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
June 26-30: Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland, Almere, NL
July 3-7: Theater de Maaspoort, Venlo, NL
September 4-8: Parktheater, Eindhoven, NL

Special Events

North America

Screening Tour

Click the link above for ticket info and tour dates! (Promotional artwork © TedHead Records and FrunkRock Productions)

In 2013, promoter Frank Munoz turned to Ted Neeley and said, “Hey, what are you and Barry Dennen doing for the 40th anniversary of Jesus Christ Superstar‘s film release?” Informed there were no plans, he suggested a screening at the legendary Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. If people showed up, awesome; if not, they’d have a few laughs watching the movie themselves as Ted and Baz recounted memories from the set. Boy, were they not prepared for what was in store! One screening at the Chinese mushroomed into two, and then many more across the country.

Each evening typically includes a screening of a newly remastered digital print of JCS, a special appearance by original cast members (more of whom popped out of the woodwork as the tour continued), Q&A and/or a costume contest for fans with cosplay skills, a sing-along, and up-close-and-personal, meet-and-greet face-time with the cast. This tour has seen appearances from not only Ted Neeley and the late Barry Dennen, but also Kurt Yaghjian, Yvonne Elliman, Josh Mostel, Larry Marshall, and even the elusive Bob Bingham. Perhaps their crowning achievement in 2015 was a reunion of the film’s stars and Oscar-winning director Norman Jewison at the Beekman Theatre in NYC, documented in the film SuperstarS. Not even a pandemic slowed them down; Frank has joked that every time they played the last dates on their schedule at the time of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, the city shut down almost immediately following.

After a single screening in Boston in fall 2021 and a successful return engagement of live performances of JCS in Italy in 2022, Ted Neeley (and friends, when available) returns to the continental U.S. (licensing issues currently prevent screenings elsewhere) with the ongoing celebration of this beloved film. All the most up-to-date info can be found at the link above, but we will include dates, ticket info, and the appearances of additional cast members (subject to change) here as well! (See below.)

A personal request from JCS Zone: as any longtime fan will tell you, the original cast — and Ted in particular — is very hands-on with fans, as in “hugs are usually a given.” We don’t want to risk our heroes’ health and safety over a movie we’ve seen countless times. Vaccinated or unvaccinated, in this time of ongoing health emergencies, please be mindful of this, follow all protocols requested by Team Neeley or the venue(s), and do the smart thing — stay home and catch them next time — if you test positive. Thank you!

BREAKING NEWS:

  • ALL SCREENING DATES LISTED FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WERE POSTPONED IN SUPPORT OF THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED. VIP TICKETS FOR THOSE DATES MAY BE HONORED WHEN NEW DATES ARE SCHEDULED, OR REFUNDS CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE POINT OF PURCHASE. THEATERS WILL REFUND GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS. WHEN WE KNOW MORE INFO, SO WILL YOU. AT PRESS TIME, NO OTHER DATES ARE BEING RESCHEDULED. SHOULD THAT CHANGE, WE’LL UPDATE YOU ABOUT THAT, TOO.
  • THE SEPTEMBER 9 SCREENING AT ST. JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, FREEPORT, IL HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT WITH THE VENUE. NO WORD AT THIS TIME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE PLANS TO RESCHEDULE. ALL VIP TICKETS WILL BE REFUNDED.

December 6: NBPAC, New Brunswick, NJ (w/ Yvonne Elliman)
December 9: Villa Victoria Academy Performing Arts Center, Ewing, NJ (w/ Yvonne Elliman)

Other Special Events

Team Neeley-Related
Vendor pass from Hollywood Show signing, 2018

In addition to the screening tour, special autograph signing appearances by the film’s cast have been known to occur periodically at events such as The Hollywood Show, The Chiller Theatre Expo, and more. If bookings like this (or other miscellaneous special events) should occur, this is where you’ll find info!