Evita
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Event location: Adelphi Theatre.
 EVITA, one of the world’s greatest musicals, returns to London’s West End after 21 years this summer. Directed by the award-winning Michael Grandage and featuring lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the brand new production of the smash-hit stage show has its Press Night at the Adelphi Theatre on June 21st.
EVITA is based on the life and times of Eva Peron, the second wife of Argentine dictator Juan Peron. It chronicles her life as Argentina’s most complex and powerful figure, against a backdrop of political unrest, until her tragic death of cancer in 1952.
EVITA features many classic songs including ’Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ and ’Another Suitcase in Another Hall’. This new production will also feature the Oscar winning ’You Must Love Me’ for the first time ever on stage. Written especially for Alan Parker’s 1996 film adaptation starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas, it became a Top Ten single immediately on release that year.
THE CAST
ELENA ROGER as Eva
Elena Roger was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she appeared in musical theatre productions such as ’Saturday Night Fever’, ’Les Miserables’, ’Beauty and the Beast’ and ’Nine’. With several TV appearances in her homeland, she recently won the ACE critics’ award for Best Actress.
PHILIP QUAST as Peron
Philip has won three Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances in ’Sunday in the Park with George’, ’The Fix’ and ’South Pacific’, as well as several awards in his native Australia.
Other performances include ’A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ and ’Stuff Happens’ at The National Theatre, ’The Secret Garden’, ’Troilus And Cressida’, ’Macbeth’, ’White Devil’ and ’A Christmas Carol’ for The Royal Shakespeare Company.
MATT RAWLE as Che
Matt is an accomplished actor who has appeared in West End productions of
’Miss Saigon’, ’Martin Guerre’, ’Into the Woods’ and ’Hard Times - The Musical’.
Other stage credits include ’South Pacific’, ’Camelot’ at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, ’Les Miserables’, ’Hello Again’ at The Bridewell and Stephen Sondheim’s ’Putting it Together’.
SCHEDULE
Elena Roger is expected to perform at all shows in the role of Eva Peron with the exception of the matinee performances on Saturday 17th June 2006 and Saturday 24th June 2006 when the role will be played by Abbie Osmon. From week commencing June 26th 2006, Abbie Osmon is expected to play Monday evenings and Thursday matinees.
PLease note that Elena Roger will not be performing at either performance on Saturday 2 December.
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