Cynthia Erivo’s reaction to critics of her “Jesus Christ Superstar” casting is simply divine. Asked about the outcry over tapping a queer, Black woman to play the musical’s Messiah, she told Billboard,

Cynthia Erivo has responded to the backlash she received for her upcoming lead role in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl.

Cynthia Erivo laughed it off when people said it was "blasphemy" to cast her as Jesus Christ in an upcoming musical production in L.A.