In 2016, celebrating 45 years since the musical debuted on Broadway, "Jesus Christ Superstar" returned to London at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre from 15 July to 27 August, directed by Timothy Sheader. The production won the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival. The production returned to the Open Air Theatre as part of the 2017 season, running from 11 August 2017 to 23 September. Additionally, the Lyric Opera of Chicago hosted a run of the production from late April 2018 to late May 2018. before returning to London at the Barbican Centre from 9 July to 24 August 2019 prior to a 50th anniversary US tour from October 2019. However due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the US tour was cancelled from March 2020. The production returned to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in a socially distanced environment in a concert staging titled "Jesus Christ Superstar: The Concert" from 14 August to 27 September 2020.