STAR POWER: For the play's 50th Anniversary, a powerful new production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' comes to San Jose.

This ain’t your grandfather’s rock opera. The 50th anniversary tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s take on Jesus’ last days sports a contemporary look—including a clean-shaven Christ (Aaron LaVigne)—that uses updated production values to crank up the spectacle and appeal to today’s audiences. The story, told from the perspective of Judas (James Delisco Beeks), is still as thought-provoking as it was in 1970, positing that the apostle’s betrayal was not all about the Pontiuses.

Jesus Christ Superstar
Thu, 7:30pm, $43+
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts