Cynthia erivo will be Jesus In a theatrical version of Jesus Christ Superstar and the choice ofBritish actressthe acclaimed Wicked Elphaba witch next to Ariana Grandetriggered the anger of environments conservative who called it “blasphemous” And “disrespectful».
Erivowhich is black And queerwill appear in the production of the Cult musical of Andrew Lloyd Webber And Tim Rice atHollywood Bowl of Los Angeles For three evenings, from First to August 3rd.
The actress Tony Award And Grammy for the theatrical version of Purple replied with irony to criticism, underlining that it is “only a musical»And affirming in an interview a Billboard: «Why not? It is impossible to satisfy everyone. It’s just a three -day show at the Hollywood Bowl where I can sing until the exhaustion. I hope people come to see it and remember that it is a musical, the environment more gay of the world ».
It is not the first time that Cynthiawho did outing In the 2022 for a cover of British Voguecompares with Jesus Christ Superstar: In the 2020 he had played the role of Maria Maddalena in one all female version of the show in which he had sung the song «I Don’t Know How To Love Him».
This time to direct it toHollywood Bowl alongside Adam Lambert in the part of Judah will be the Tony Award Sergio Trujillowith the musical direction of Stephen Oremus.
Nor is it the first time that the musicalcomposed in Liguria from Webber And Rice In the 1969makes the right -handed.
Born initially as double album with Ian Gillan of the Deep Purple in the part of Jesusthe history of Last days of Christ in a rock key between atmospheres hippie And electric guitarswith one Very sensual Maddalena And Judah who became a predestined damnation, had done scandal to Broadway and al West End before becoming a successful movies In the 1973 shot in Israel with the direction of Norman Jewison.
There BBC Banda i 23 tracks of the album as “sacrilegery», While in front of the theaters in United States they organized themselves pickets who boiled the show as “anti -Christian».
Since then there have been many versions: In the 2018 John Legend was Jesus in a live version on the air for Easter on the NBC with Sara Bareilles in the part of the Maddalena, Alice Cooper as Herod And Costumes inspired by street fashion.