Adam Lambert has said Cynthia Erivo's performance as Jesus Christ Superstar was "supposed to provoke and challenge" the audience. The acclaimed rock singer spoke in an interview with Billboard about Cynthia's three-show run as the titular character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical.

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).