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A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL playing the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts has added a performance. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical will make its Australian premiere exclusively in Melbourne in August 2026 at The Princess Theatre. The cast will be announced soon!

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical will make its Australian premiere exclusively in Melbourne in August 2026 at The Princess Theatre. The production will be presented by producers Ken Davenport, Bob Gaudio, Paul Dainty, TEG Dainty, and the Minister for Tourism, Sport, and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL will make its East Lansing premiere at Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Learn more and see how to

Individual tickets for A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at the Hobby Center will go on sale this week. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

I bought my tickets for this Jesus Christ Superstar the moment it was announced that Cynthia Erivo was leading the cast.  Before any other names were revealed, and before I'd figured out that I’d never been to the Hollywood Bowl and had no idea what I was getting myself into.

This weekend, Broadway landed at the Hollywood Bowl in a concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar, starring Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas and more! Read reviews for the production!

Josh Gad returned to Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend in triumphant fashion after beating COVID to perform the iconic role of King Herod. Check out photos of his performance.

Hollywood Bowl presented Cynthia Erivo as Jesus and Adam Lambert as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, featuring lyrics are by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. See photos here!

When it comes to the Hollywood Bowl's Summer 2025 production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice classic rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR—which opened August 1 for three sold-out performances playing throughout the weekend—there are just not enough superlatives to bestow upon one of the most astonishing, incredibly entertaining summer musical revivals this historic venue has ever presented on this stage. Seriously, this is so insanely good, buoyed by amazing performances from its entire cast, led by Cynthia Erivo in the title role and Adam Lambert as Judas. A ferociously-performed, mesmerizingly robust new iteration that feels like an intentionally mind-blowing hybrid of arena-rock concert and musical theatre in its most explosive sense, this glorious production—directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo—is appropriately amped-up both visually and sonically.

Josh Gad has returned to Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl! He had originally stepped out for the opening performance after testing positive for COVID, and then testing negative quickly there after. See the video of his performance here! 

The Hollywood Bowl performance of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Jesus Christ Superstar is finally here! See all the highlights, like Cynthia Erivo singing 'Gethsemane', in this video.

After announcing that he tested positive for COVID just a few days ago, Josh Gad took to social media again to say that he has tested negative and will return for the final show on Sunday. See more details here!

Overall, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE—now on stage at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through August 10, 2025—comes off as guaranteed musical candy for Neil Diamond devotees, thanks to its current form as a polished, tidy, nostalgia-baiting jukebox musical loaded with familiar hits, sprinkles of sparkle, and enough vocal authenticity to make fans of his music swoon. The impressive performances—from the lead vocals to the 'Beautiful Noise' ensemble's hypnotic, lyrical dance moves—bring a measurable level of enjoyment. But as a deep-dive drama? It's, well… just fine. The show's narrative stakes are satisfactory, but a bit paper-thin. While certainly clever in concept, the book often sacrifices real, emotional complexity for palatable, crowd-pleasing moments, and this therapy-session-as-framing-device never truly develops into the kind of character exploration one hopes for in a definitive bio-musical.

John Stamos will step into the role of King Herod in the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming Jesus Christ Superstar concert staging., replacing Josh Gad, who withdrew from the production due to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.

Masquerade’s first special preview performance is set to take place tonight, on July 31, 2025, weather permitting. Learn more about the show's updates here!

Josh Gad, who was set to join Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert in this weekend's Hollywood Bowl production of Jesus Christ Superstar, will not perform due to contracting COVID.

The Hollywood Bowl signals a return to its annual summer musical tradition with a bold new staging of Jesus Christ Superstar, led by Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert.

Watch a new video of Adam Lambert recording his upcoming cover of 'Heaven On Their Minds' from Jesus Christ Superstar. Lambert stars as 'Judas' in the new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, alongside Cynthia Erivo as 'Jesus.'

Adam Lambert, who plays Judas in the show, along with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, will release a new studio recording of the opening number, 'Heaven on Their Minds,' next Friday, August 1. Check out a snippet of the recording now.