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- **Posted:** 2025-06-04T18:00:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** L.A. Times Entertainment (@latimes_entertainment) — https://gondola.cc/latimes_entertainment

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We caught up with Cynthia Erivo, whose overlapping work in music, film, television and theater have put her an Oscar win away from EGOT status. She’s currently between #Wicked movies, about to play Jesus in a production of #JesusChristSuperstar at the Hollywood Bowl and is scheduled to perform concerts at cities across the country this year.

“It’s one of my favorite things to do,” she says of a recent concert in Houston. “I do my own makeup and I do my own styling — just bring along whatever I bring along.”

Erivo is widely regarded as one of musical theater’s premier showstoppers thanks in large part to her role as the green-skinned Elphaba. On Sunday night in New York, Erivo will host the #TonyAwards, nine years after she won the prize for leading actress in a musical for her Broadway debut as Celie in “The Color Purple.”

Yet for shows like the one in Houston, Erivo is aiming for something looser, more spontaneous, slightly lower-key.

“The concert before that one, I’d taken off my shoes partway through,” she recalls. “I was like, ‘I’m sorry — I’m taking them off.’ Then I thought: What if I just started without?” She laughs. “Sometimes you want the look and you want the heels, and it feels good. I’m good at being in heels. But other times you just want to feel connected.” 

It’s a spirit that carries over to Erivo’s new solo album, “I Forgive You,” which comes out Friday. Softer and more intimate than the roof-raising she’s known for, the LP ponders the personal drama of romance and sex — from flirtation to commitment to betrayal and back — in songs that set aside musical spectacle for emotional realism. 

Says Erivo: “You can only do so many 11 o’clock numbers, you know what I mean?”

Read our full interview with Erivo at the link in latimes_entertainment’s bio.

📸 jason_armond

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