Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the
1970s and carry 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 Superstar5 more that season
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.
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.
We don't know which categories.
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed
against Jesus Christ Superstar, and nothing says which production any of
them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not
closed yet.
Around this production
ng every bit of text to music, Lloyd Webber also went far beyond the alternation of spoken…
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.
No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
Which of the 74 recordings of Jesus Christ Superstar document this run, if any.
Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.
