Evita revival - Curve Leicester Christmas 2023

After the Reprise concert last week, Jessica Daley would be fab as Eva.

Unless maybe they're going colourblind casting following Sylvia's success?

I didn't like A Chorus Line at Curve full stop - I think she is one of the most talented performers of her generation and was hampered by Ellen Kane's diabolical choreography for the number, as was that entire production.

She's a star, as she showed in Anything Goes. 

 Or 'blind' casting. These are historical figures.

Three Eva actresses (as Hal Prince toyed with, leaving a hint of it at the end of 'Oh What a Circus') but at Curve all remain on stage all the time
Julie Covington to play older Evita.

I must have seen Evita more than 20 times over the years (one of my favourite musicals).

Personally I'd be quite up for seeing something different/less conventional at The Curve, be that via casting or anything else.

I really enjoyed the Jamie Lloyd version. Loved the way they stuck to the ALW/Cullen orchestrations with very similar musical direction to the Adelphi version; yet brought out such different meanings in the direction itself (without changing the script - much like the new version of Oklahoma). The moment at the end implying the classic image of Evita that is now known, was only actually created in death, I thought was genius.

Not saying I preferred it to previous versions. But it made me think differently about a musical I know backwards, which I appreciated.

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Eva Peron only 36 when she died?

I wouldn't suggest that 36 is old!

She was 33 when she died, same as Jesus - if we're looking for Tim Rice recurring tropes.  

Tbf I did say "older" not "old" lol.   And I also think Julie Covington would be exciting to see, but it seems when we put triple question marks, proboards interprets it with an annoyed looking emoji (which I didn't intend).

"So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?  I saw the lights, and I was on my way" sung with dark irony by a watching Eva of the age she never reached (watching the younger Evas)

You know it makes sense, lol.

You know, regardless of an individual actress's take on the role, it seem pretty evident that this was a very determined young lady who still seems as controversial now, as she was when she was alive.

Apparently quite petite and physically small in stature.

"Oh, what I'd give for a hundred years, but the physical interferes - every day more, oh my creator.

What is the good of the strongest heart, in a body that's falling apart.

A serious fault. I hope you know that."

Powerful stuff!

Now we're talking - two fantastic voices that can actually do this piece justice in a hopefully more ambitious and modern way than the poor concert version staged this week.