<P> Superstar opened at the Palace Theatre in London in 1972 , starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus , Stephen Tate as Judas and Dana Gillespie as Mary Magdalene . It was directed by Australian Jim Sharman . This production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway , running for eight years and becoming the United Kingdom 's longest - running musical at the time . Dmitri Shostakovich attended this production in London just before his death . He regretted that he could not have composed something like it ; he lauded especially a rock band underpinning full symphonic strings , brass and woodwind . </P>
<P> Superstar opened at the Palace Theatre in London in 1972 , starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus , Stephen Tate as Judas and Dana Gillespie as Mary Magdalene . It was directed by Australian Jim Sharman . This production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway , running for eight years and becoming the United Kingdom 's longest - running musical at the time . Dmitri Shostakovich attended this production in London just before his death . He regretted that he could not have composed something like it ; he lauded especially a rock band underpinning full symphonic strings , brass and woodwind . </P>
where did j.c . superstar have it 's longest run
where did j.c . superstar have it 's longest run
London
London