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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 15, 2024 21:16:52 GMT
Question here: When Webber/Rice/Prince auditioned for Eva in the original production Webber and Rice wanted Elaine Paige but Prince wanted an American actress, does anyone know who the American actress was please?
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Post by ceebee on Sept 15, 2024 21:24:25 GMT
Is this a guess or is it confirmed? It's a complete guess, but I think it would be a great theatre for it. |
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 15, 2024 21:27:37 GMT
This sounds like the Barbican musical 2025 to me.
They’ve made a very uninspired choice with Kiss me Kate this year- so would make sense for them to do Evita next year.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Sept 15, 2024 21:28:41 GMT
Is this a guess or is it confirmed? It's a complete guess, but I think it would be a great theatre for it. It’s been done there. Much more exciting shows are vying for that theatre so Evita won’t be there (if it’s actually happening) |
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 15, 2024 21:36:29 GMT
This sounds like the Barbican musical 2025 to me. They’ve made a very uninspired choice with Kiss me Kate this year- so would make sense for them to do Evita next year. Could be the Lloyd version then..! |
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Post by ceebee on Sept 15, 2024 21:36:51 GMT
It's a complete guess, but I think it would be a great theatre for it. It’s been done there. Much more exciting shows are vying for that theatre so Evita won’t be there (if it’s actually happening) How exciting? Tell me it's Groundhog Day.... |
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Post by richey on Sept 15, 2024 21:37:45 GMT
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 15, 2024 21:38:39 GMT
The Adelphi one with the great Elena Roger.
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 15, 2024 21:38:40 GMT
It's a complete guess, but I think it would be a great theatre for it. It’s been done there. Much more exciting shows are vying for that theatre so Evita won’t be there (if it’s actually happening) I mean, at the rate BTTF keeps extending ticket availability be damned we'll never see any of them  |
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Post by BVM on Sept 15, 2024 21:38:54 GMT
This sounds like the Barbican musical 2025 to me. They’ve made a very uninspired choice with Kiss me Kate this year- so would make sense for them to do Evita next year. Could be the Lloyd version then..! Consider me poised. |
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 15, 2024 21:40:15 GMT
Could be the Lloyd version then..! Consider me poised. I mean, if it's at the Barbican. It seems like it's most likely to be a new production as Mr Theatrefan is posting about how it's not the JL version.  |
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Post by BVM on Sept 15, 2024 21:41:45 GMT
I mean, if it's at the Barbican. It seems like it's most likely to be a new production as Mr Theatrefan is posting about how it's not the JL version. I thought he got all his "exclusives" from here lol! |
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Post by nottobe on Sept 15, 2024 21:42:03 GMT
I have a horrible feeling that if it is true, it may be the Leicester Curve production at Sadlers Wells. Would keep up there track record of 42nd street and A Chorus Line.
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Post by ceebee on Sept 15, 2024 21:43:46 GMT
The Adelphi one with the great Elena Roger. Wow - I'm so forgetful. I actually saw that one too. Philip Quast was Peron.... Opened with the projection of the grainy black and white image of Eva... Okay, scrap that suggestion. |
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 15, 2024 21:44:23 GMT
Curve production was like a budget JL version with all the influencer stuff. Count me disinterested if that's the case!
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 15, 2024 21:47:05 GMT
The Adelphi one with the great Elena Roger. Wow - I'm so forgetful. I actually saw that one too. Philip Quast was Peron.... Opened with the projection of the grainy black and white image of Eva... Okay, scrap that suggestion. All I remember about that production was the awful choreography where they stand in once spot and do that one dance move over and over again in Buenos Aires. The concert had more energetic choreography!!
I do absolutely adore Elena Roger though.
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Post by Being Alive on Sept 15, 2024 21:56:57 GMT
If this is happening, it'll be either palladium or barbican's summer show.
If it has a significant star attached to it, it'll be have to be palladium as they'll need the capacity in order to make the finances work (as you won't get the necessary £££ a week for the star in a 1000 seat house)
Could see someone fun/big wanting to do the Jamie version though.
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Post by blamerobots on Sept 15, 2024 22:11:02 GMT
ART production of Evita for a while and were even mulling bringing it to Broadway with Rachel Zegler but it seems those plans fell through Yes I had heard those rumours a while back, fell through due to a creative dispute I believe?? Wouldn't shock me if RUG wanted to tone down some elements of that production to play it safer.
My ideal Evita still is like that ART production but I really would love a return to the rock instrumentation of the concept album as I think blowing it out with all the surface-level stereotypical Latin flavours in the newer orchestrations toe the line of campness. Much prefer the drawn back, abstract productions of this show.
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Post by Phantom of London on Sept 15, 2024 23:40:26 GMT
London Palladium, did Madonna love the theatre enough since she did her residency there!
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Post by theatrenerd on Sept 15, 2024 23:42:43 GMT
Michael Harrison has confirmed that he will be doing the musical next year at the Palladium, so if it is Evita then he will be producing.
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Post by sph on Sept 16, 2024 2:07:25 GMT
Question here: When Webber/Rice/Prince auditioned for Eva in the original production Webber and Rice wanted Elaine Paige but Prince wanted an American actress, does anyone know who the American actress was please? Apparently it was Bonnie Schon, who isn't too well remembered nowadays but appeared in a number of musicals in the 1970s, including Jesus Christ Superstar. |
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Post by chernjam on Sept 16, 2024 2:28:49 GMT
I despised the revival productions. I thought the choreography and staging were just straight up awful and at times just an insult to the material. I'm biased towards Hal's version but I think the only production that's come close to being my favourite is from Asolo rep in 2017. The openning is beautiful: I forget how I stumbled upon this opening some time ago and was so blown away by those 5 minutes that I could only imagine how powerful a production that must've been. If they're going to revive it and not do another concert/semi production, something like this would generate new interest for sure |
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Post by justsaying113 on Sept 16, 2024 6:26:04 GMT
Whilst I have great respect for the Hal Prince original and enjoyed it greatly (and no doubt he understood the piece) I do think nostalgia clouds judgment in wanting it replicated now. Hal's version plonked on stage in 2025 I fear would be surprisingly underwhelming and I don't think would take off with today's audiences. Very much up for an inspired new direction (assuming we can't have the Lloyd version which I adored) which preferably brings something new/unexpected/exciting to the piece. (Anyway, probs getting ahead of ourselves - wonder if this thread will end up like the Dominion Bette Hello Dolly one lol - #obsolete) That is a really good point - and I speak as someone for whom that original was iconic on so many levels. As much as I'd love to see it again, maybe it is best just left as a really important part of musical theatre history. |
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Post by justsaying113 on Sept 16, 2024 6:31:08 GMT
Question here: When Webber/Rice/Prince auditioned for Eva in the original production Webber and Rice wanted Elaine Paige but Prince wanted an American actress, does anyone know who the American actress was please? I think she was called Bonnie - I think it was Sheon or Shern. Apparently it was down to three ladies at the end but there are a lot of rumours/myths around this casting, including Paige almost being on a plane to LA at one point to replace a struggling LuPone. |
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