Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has some thoughts about the MAGA outrage—fueled by Elon Musk—over her casting as Christ in the Hollywood Bowl’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
“You can’t please everyone,” the Tony, Grammy, and Emmy-winner told Billboard in a new interview. “It is legitimately a three-day performance at the Hollywood Bowl where I get to sing my face off. So hopefully they will come and realize, ‘Oh, it’s a musical, the gayest place on Earth.’” The show will run August 1-3.
Many MAGA fans slammed Erivo’s Christ casting as “blasphemy” on social media when her role was first announced in February. What seemed lost on several critics was the tone of the show itself. The 1971 Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera has always been a provocative, at-times critical take on Christ’s life, that over time became a cult favorite among queer audiences.
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