Jesus Christ Superstar Radio City

[mitchern]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 9:27am

A friend who worked on the Superstar concerts at the Hollywood Bowl said that Lord ALW and others were talking backstage about wanting to bring it to Radio City for a few nights this fall or Spring if scheduled aligned. 

[inception]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 9:58am

If he could I'm sure Webber would love to have all 41 Broadway houses playing his own shows.

 He's a megalomaniac. 

 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:17am

inception said: "If he could I'm sure Webber would love to have all 41 Broadway houses playing his own shows.

He's a megalomaniac.
"

We’d at least be assured of an overall quality on Broadway. 

[Bette's Turban]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:30am

mitchern said: "A friend who worked on the Superstar concerts at the Hollywood Bowl said that Lord ALW and others were talking backstage about wanting to bring it to Radio City for a few nights this fall or Spring if scheduled aligned."

No one was talking about that backstage.  No one.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:41am

mitchern said: "A friend who worked on the Superstar concerts at the Hollywood Bowl said that Lord ALW and others were talking backstage about wanting to bring it to Radio City for a few nights this fall or Spring if scheduled aligned."

Would be great.

I don't see the stars aligning for another year, though. Erivo's going to be in press mode in November and parts of October, then she'll be in London from January through end of May for Dracula. Goes without saying that they NEED Cynthia and Adam...Phillipa, Raul, Gad/Stamos, etc. would be nice but an added bonus.

If Radio City is indeed his wish and not just him saying something off the cuff...if they could pull a move together in two months, there's nothing announced for Radio City between October 11 and November 6, when the Christmas show begins. How long does Christmas load-in/tech take? 2 weeks? (There may well be engagements in later October not yet announced.)

As far as venue size goes, MSG is more comparable to the Hollywood Bowl. Economically, they'd probably need to do 4-6 performances at Radio City.

Updated On: 8/7/25 at 10:41 AM

[MimiChika]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:48am

mitchern said: "A friend who worked on the Superstar concerts at the Hollywood Bowl said that Lord ALW and others were talking backstage about wanting to bring it to Radio City for a few nights this fall or Spring if scheduled aligned."

This is fan fiction. There’s no plans for JCS. Sorry.

[Bette's Turban]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:02am

ALW never said such a thing.  

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:15am

This seems highly unlikely. We already know Cynthia will be on a big promotional tour for Wicked this fall, so this fall is completely out.

Webber likes to dream out loud a lot. Even if someone did float this idea backstage, it was probably little more than a wishful thinking.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:20am

I think it's just a one and done. Glad it was such a success for all involved. 

[KrupYou]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:20am

Lets hope this happens with the same cast. please,. please, please

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:34am

He put the kibosh on a pro-shot at the eleventh hour because he's banking on a couple of other big-ticket JCS iterations, why turn tail now?

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:40am

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "He put the kibosh on a pro-shot at the eleventh hour because he's banking on a couple of other big-ticket JCS iterations, why turn tail now?"

It’s technically been filmed already via the screen cams, right? I guess if he wanted to release it later, the raw footage is there three times over. 

[schubox]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:42am

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "He put the kibosh on a pro-shot at the eleventh hour because he's banking on a couple of other big-ticket JCS iterations, why turn tail now?"

I've seen that said a few times in various places. Is there any idea what these other big iterations are? A Broadway revival? An arena tour? TV special?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:45am

Gotta think Jamie Lloyd is doing the next West End + Broadway revival, right?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:46am

BorisTomashevsky said: "g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "He put the kibosh on a pro-shot at the eleventh hour because he's banking on a couple of other big-ticket JCS iterations, why turn tail now?"

It’s technically been filmed already via the screen cams, right? I guess if he wanted to release it later, the raw footage is there three times over."

It's incredibly hard to co-ordinate a contract for commercial release of that footage after the fact. The cast and crew hold all the leverage now and could demand exorbitant amounts in compensation. It's not happening. 

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 12:50pm

 he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago.  Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away

[THDavis]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 1:08pm

Crusty Bagel said: "he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago. Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away"

I don’t disagree. The hype for this production was the casting. It certainly doesn’t hurt that it’s a familiar name to a lot of people, but the glory was in the production and not in the material itself. 

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 1:14pm

Crusty Bagel said: "he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago. Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away"

The tour was mishandled by, the known fruadster, Michael Cohl (Spiderman etc).  Really Useful (ALW's company) sued Michael and is SB2N company thereafter for poor producing and money mishandling. 

[RumTumJM]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 1:28pm

CoffeeBreak said: "Crusty Bagel said: "he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago. Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away"

The tour was mishandled by, the known fruadster,Michael Cohl (Spiderman etc). Really Useful (ALW's company) sued Michael and is SB2N company thereafter for poor producing and money mishandling."

That's the 2014 arena tour that was mishandled. Wasn't he trying to get the recent Schreader tour on Broadway?

Also, let me echo the sentiment of intrigue, when it comes to the next iterations of Superstar over the next few years. Any idea of what those may be & when we'll see them? (Any chance those plans get expedited to bank of the buzz of Hollywood Bowl?) Also, do we really need Superstar to be Jamie Lloyd-afied? People have astutely said, Superstar has been rather stripped back & modern for years now.)

 

Updated On: 8/7/25 at 01:28 PM

[schubox]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 1:36pm

THDavis said: "Crusty Bagel said: "he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago. Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away"

I don’t disagree. The hype for this production was the casting. It certainly doesn’t hurt that it’s a familiar name to a lot of people, but the glory was in the production and not in the materialitself."

For some people sure, I love JCS and would have gone to this with any sort of star attached. Some people like the show, it's cool to like different things

[JSquared2]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 1:59pm

Crusty Bagel said: "he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago. Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away"

 

Speaking of things that need to go away...

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 5:55pm

Crusty Bagel said: "he was trying to get the tour to come to ny a few years ago. Who gives a $hit about JCS, another show that needs to go away"

That’s a crusty opinion all right. 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 7:06pm

EDSOSLO858 said: "Gotta think Jamie Lloyd is doingthe next West End + Broadway revival, right?"

Bingo.

[Kad]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 7:41pm

Makes sense- he wouldn’t even need to devise a reason for the male lead to end up bloody and undressed. 

Updated On: 8/7/25 at 07:41 PM

[communitytheatergal88]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 7:50pm

mitchern said: "A friend who worked on the Superstar concerts at the Hollywood Bowl said that Lord ALW and others were talking backstage about wanting to bring it to Radio City for a few nights this fall or Spring if scheduled aligned."

please universe make this happen!!!  I think this production would be gorgeous in Radio City