If you live near any of the 29 cities still slated to host the 50th anniversary tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, then buy your tickets now. It is a spectacular show, and it now has earned its place as a cultural touchstone on many levels.

I’m no knowledgeable theater critic, but this traveling version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice original, which I attended in New Orleans last weekend, is hugely entertaining. The set, the choreography, the musicianship, the singing, the acting: All are absolutely first-rate, as close to being flawless as mortals can muster. And while one hesitates to distinguish between different microlevels of excellence, I think special nods are due to Elvie Ellis as Judas and Isaac Ryckeghem as Caiaphas, both of whom inhabit their characters to the Nth degree.