The Hollywood Bowl.
In Tuesday’s (2/25) San Francisco Classical Voice, Tom Jacobs writes, “The Hollywood Bowl has announced that Cynthia Erivo, the [Wicked] film’s lead, will sing the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar this summer. The 1971 musical, which will be performed Aug. 1–3 at the historic amphitheater, will be helmed by … director and choreographer Sergio Trujillo and conductor and musical director Stephen Oremus…. Another star of both Hollywood and Broadway, Hugh Jackman, will headline the Bowl’s opening-night gala on June 7. The concert, which will raise money for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music education initiatives, will feature the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins. These are just two of the highlights of this summer’s lineup at the Bowl, announced last week by the LA Phil … Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s music and artistic director, will … [conduct] eight performances total in August with the LA Phil and with Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra…. Other LA Phil concerts on the schedule” feature conductors Thomas Søndergård, Tabita Berglund, Dalia Stasevska, Leonard Slatkin, Anna Handler, Daniel Harding, Giedre Šlekytė, James Gaffigan, Rafael Payare, and Jonathon Heyward. “Film-music programs will also be offered … and well as the … Blue Note Jazz Festival.”
