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Evita, 1979

Opened September 25, 1979

Closed June 26, 1983

1,567 performances

Broadway Theatre

Original

Broadway

7 Tony Awards

Evita
Sheila1988

Of the productions that opened in the 1970s, this had the 14th longest run.

Other stagings of Evita 7 more

1980
ProductionLondon
2001
2008
ProductionLondon
2012
Marquis TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by André Ptaszynski
337 performances
2012
ProductionLondon
2014
Dominion TheatreLondon Original
2025

Who was in it81 named

Seda Azarian
Dennis Birchall
Peppi Borza
Robin Cleaver
Anny de Gange
Mark East
Megan Forste
Bridget Francis
Nicole Francis
Teri Gill
Rex David Hays
Carol Lugenbeal
Paula Lynn
Morgan Mackay
Sal Mistretta
Jack Neubeck
Marcia O Brien
Michael Pastryk
Davia Sacks
James Sbano
David Staller
Michelle Stubbs
Robert Tanna
Clarence Teeters
Susan Terry
Phillip Tracy
David Vosburgh
Mark Waldrop
Sandra Wheeler
Brad Witsger
John Leslie Wolfe
Nancy Wood
Christopher Wooten
John Yost
Tammy Amerson
Claudia Asbury
Susan Cella
Frank Cruz
David Cryer
Kim Darwin
Patti D Beck
Al Decristo
Scott Fless
Robert Frisch
Carole Garcia
Lilo Grunwald
Robert Heitzinger
Robert Hendersen
Colette Sena Heyman
Ken Hilliard
Keith Keen
Robert Logan
Amy Niles
Joanie O Neill
Dawn Perry
Martie Ramm
Cassie Rand
Morgan Richardson
Drusilla Ross
Allison Smith
James Stein
Wilfredo Suarez
Claude Tessier
Leslie Tinnaro
Ian Michael Towers

Creative team

Director
Harold Prince
Choreographer
Larry Fuller
Producer
Robert Stigwood
Orchestrations
Hershy Kay 4

Tony Awards 7 from 11 nominations

Best Musical
Won

Recordings 4 released while this run was on

1979
Excerpts From Evita Sonic 131 508.0, released 1979
Germany
1980
Evita (Version Original En Español)
Evita (Version Original En Español) Epic EPC-88524, released 1980
ES
1981
Evita
Evita Peerless M/S-2233/4, released 1981
MX
1981
Evita Gallo ML 4540, released 1981
ZA

49 more exist for other runs of this show: see Evita for all of them.

Around this production

Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin famously did not get along during the run. Their backstage tensions fueled the onstage antagonism between Eva and Che with electric chemistry.

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