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A black LGBT-identified British actress best known for her role in Wicked has been tapped to play the role of the Son of God ...
Cynthia Erivo will star as Jesus in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar," slated to run ... as Elphaba in the hit film adaptation of "Wicked," took to her Instagram story on ...
Cynthia Erivo is set to play Jesus Christ this summer in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Jesus Christ ...