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Composer | Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Production locations | Marcy Avenue Armory, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
Running time | 2 hours, 23 minutes (included commercials) |
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Network | NBC |
Release | April 1, 2018 |
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert is an American musical television special that was broadcast live on NBC on April 1, 2018 (Easter Sunday) and rebroadcast (from tape) on Easter Sunday 2020, April 12, 2020. Executively produced by Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, and Marc Platt, it was a staged concert performance of the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. It received positive reviews from critics but had a smaller viewership than earlier musical specials.