Overview

• Jesus Christ Superstar will run from August 1 to 3 at the Hollywood Bowl under Tony Award–winner Sergio Trujillo’s direction with Stephen Oremus as musical director.
• Conservatives, including a pastor, labeled her casting “blasphemy” on the grounds that she is a queer Black woman.
• Erivo urged critics to familiarize themselves with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera and judge the performance on its musical merits.
• She criticized the presidential administration’s efforts to curtail LGBTQ+ rights and its political intervention at the Kennedy Center.
• Referencing her previous role as Mary Magdalene on an all-female album, Erivo called on the queer community to remain visible and authentic.