Cynthia Erivo has responded to the backlash she obtained for her upcoming lead position in Jesus Christ Famous person on the Hollywood Bowl.
After it was introduced earlier this yr that the Depraved star could be taking part in Jesus in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical, some conservatives have been fast to criticize her for taking the position as a Black queer lady. Nevertheless, throughout a latest interview with Billboard, Erivo couldn’t assist however chuckle on the unfavourable response.
“Why not?” she mentioned of her casting. “You may’t please everybody. It’s legitimately a three-day efficiency on the Hollywood Bowl the place I get to sing my face off. So hopefully they may come and understand, ‘Oh, it’s a musical, the gayest place on Earth.’”
The actress will take to the stage on the famed Hollywood venue from Aug. 1-3, alongside Adam Lambert, who is ready to play Judas in Jesus Christ Famous person. The musical is a rock opera that follows the ultimate days of Jesus Christ, main as much as his crucifixion, seen by way of the eyes of his betrayer, Judas. The musical was initially an idea album earlier than making its Broadway debut in 1971. It has additionally obtained a number of revivals over time, in addition to a movie adaptation, directed by Norman Jewison, in 1973.
Erivo, who received a Tony for her efficiency in Broadway’s The Colour Purple, has beforehand performed Mary Magdalene in Morgan James’ all-female model of the musical’s idea album.
The Grammy and Emmy winner got here out publicly in 2022 on the duvet of British Vogue.