“Jesus Christ Superstar” and Messiah
Cynthia Erivo haters need a moment that it has to make for a Jesus !!!
… Broadway debut also confronted protests
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Since it was announced Cynthia Erivo Would “Jesus Christ Superstar” in La … but a former Messiah actor says in La that Hasser has to relax and maybe ask – wwjd?
Here is the deal … Cynthia will play Jesus classic Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical in a three-night stay in August at Hollywood Bowl … And some people are convicted online for a black queer woman.
Ted Neeleywho played Jesus TMZ tells TMZ on Broadway and several world tours as well as in the film nominated by Golden Globe … he is unfortunately not shocked that the choice of the CE-casting recurrence shocked again. before!
The first run of “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 1971 was protested every day outside of the NYC theater … and Ted tells us that the angry crowd sometimes tried to prevent the line -up and crew from even getting to the event location.
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The reason? Most seemed to scream about how the rock musical, which was the last days of Jesus, was sacrilegic … similar to how Hasser describes the version with “evil” sensation erivo.
Ted tells us one day ago, he was forced to ask one of the demonstrators why they were so disturbed – and invited the man to see the show for free and actually Then Speak problems. The one-timer hater met in the lobby after the curtain call and became a fan who said that he really enjoyed what he saw.
The OG Jesus has not seen “bad” … but he says TMZ that he knows that Cynthia is a big deal and has the confidence that it will be spectacular in the role of the superstar.
And Ted hopes that at least one of the current critics of Cynthia will actually give the chance that his production will be given … and then decide whether it is really offensive.
As for Ted, he's still Travel according to the demonstrations of the film from 1973 … a literal moment with the Jesus moment one fan after the other.