Evita is a musical based on the book and lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It charts the young and ambitious Eva Duarte’s meteoric rise to sainthood. The play opened with an audience trying to watch a film, which is interrupted by the news flash that Eva Perón had died.The blood curdling screams made it clear that a great and beloved soul had been lost.
The set by scenic designer Jim Hunter made the rise to the iconic balcony scene accessible via a spiral staircase. Pam had a good laugh because I was blocking in the set in my sketch, when all of the pieces of staging on casters were rolled to new locations up stage.
Evita (Yael Reich) had a passion for life and she went through a revolving door of lovers, each of which brought her rising fame. She was a humble actress who wanted to rise above her middle class upbringing.
Juan Perón (Rodrigo
Ignacio Cruz) was also rising in power through the ranks of the military. Generals played a game of musical rocking chairs to see who lasted on the way to the top. When he and Eva met they were the perfect fit. Eva marched into his home and kicked out his young mistress.
Since she was from the streets, the people loved her but the elite snubbed her. Despite not being accepted into the ruling class, she initiated reforms that would help the people of Argentina.
Che (Dan Domenech) was a true revolutionary who saw her reforms as ways to win the love of the public instead of truly offering the people the power of democracy. Evita’s passionate life was lived as a candle burning from both ends. Under her bold impassioned pleas there was a delicate frame. For one song she stood beside me in the aisle and belted out her song. I was amazed at the purity and strength of her voice in such a small frame.
Evita runs through October 6, 2019
PRICING
Wednesdays – Saturdays
at 7:30 p.m. and every Sunday and select Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. – starting at
$35
Preview Performances and
Senior Matinees – starting at $25
DISCOUNTS (May not be combined
with any other offers)
Group Sales: 20% off
groups of 10+
Student Rush: $25 – 30
minutes prior to show w/ valid student ID
Student and
Active/Retired Military: $10 off single ticket prices w/ valid ID (Only available
in Price Levels A and B)
$25 Under 35: Patrons
under 35 years old can purchase $25 tickets for evening and weekend matinee
performances during September 18-22. Call the Box Office at (407) 447-1700 ext.
1 or purchase online with code word: 25UNDER35 (Only available in Price Levels
B and C.)
Senior Matinees: September 18, &
25 and October 2 at 2:00 p.m.
Talk Back Performance: September 29 at 2:00
p.m.