Evita is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It covers the early life, rise to power, charity work, controversies and death of the Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of the Argentine president Juan Perón.
Opened
1979
Performances
1,567
Type
Musical
Era
Revolution
Music: Andrew Lloyd WebberLyrics: Tim RiceBook: Tim Rice
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Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, which opened in London in 1960, held the West End long-run record for a musical until overtaken by Jesus Christ Superstar, and its Broadway facsimile—also directed by Peter Cole and designed by Sean Kenny—was the longest running musical import until overtaken by Evita.
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As the decades passed, music itself emerged as the primary method of telling a musical’s story, and the public became accustomed to sung-through musicals (Evita and Les Miserables )
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Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard) and Tim Rice were introduced to Broadway with this show.
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In this category are Sammy Glick of What Makes Sammy Run/?, Joey Evans of Pal Joey, Eva Peron of Evita, and Harry Bogen of I Can Get It for You Wholesale.
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In 1983, an Off-Broadway production and London run starring Evita superstar Patti Lupone (doubling as Moll and Sister Mister) and directed by John Houseman, who produced the premiere, generated a second complete recording and a television broadcast.
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Of these, no less than eight were bestowed in his capacity as director: Cabaret, Company, Follies (shared with Michael Bennett), the Candide revival of 1974, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, and the Show Boat revival of 1994.
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