When it comes to the Hollywood Bowl's Summer 2025 production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice classic rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR—which opened August 1 for three sold-out performances playing throughout the weekend—there are just not enough superlatives to bestow upon one of the most astonishing,

Jesus Christ Superstar focuses on Jesus’s final days, including his capture, flogging, and crucifixion. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice use the biblical tale to comment on the cult of personality, a concept of which our world has healed itself of, and rarely sees in practice today (ahem).

As Cynthia Erivo channels the Christian Messiah, her Judas is coming to her defense. Ahead of this weekend’s star-studded Jesus Christ Superstar concert at Hollywood Bowl, Adam Lambert defended the casting of Erivo in the eponymous biblical role,