Adam Lambert: He becomes Judas in “Jesus Christ Superstar”

Adam Lambert (42) becomes Judas. The live singer of Queen will take on the role of the treacherous apostle in “Jesus Christ Superstar”. The musical after Andrew Lloyd Webber (77) will take place three times in the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in the summer of this year. Advance sales for the appearances in the open -air theater will start tomorrow Tuesday (May 6, 2025).

The actor of Jesus on the side of Adam Lambert’s Judas was already certain. Or the actress. Because “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo (38) will embody the main role. The British is an established musical actress, for her role in the Broadway adaptation of “The Color Lila” she won a Tony.

In 2009 Adam Lambert celebrated his breakthrough as a finalist of “American Idol”, the US version of “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”. Before that, he had studied music theater and had performed in various musicals. In 2004 he was on a European tour with “Hair” and appeared in Berlin.

On the side of Hollywood star Val Kilmer (1959-2025) in 2004 he was on stage in Los Angeles in “The Ten Commands”, the musical version of the Bible film “The Ten Commandments”. So he has experience with musicals about religious topics.

In 2012 Adam Lambert performed with Queen for the first time. For two appearances in London, he gave the successor to Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) on stage. The two remaining band members Brian May (77) and Roger Taylor (75) were so enthusiastic about the performance of the American that they have not performed with any other singer since then.