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Director/producer Jamie Lloyd’s Evita revival starring Rachel Zegler will travel to Broadway successful outpouring 2027, producers announced today.
The announcement confirms caller speculation fueled by various clues and societal media hints. The caller accumulation of nan Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber philharmonic will play a Shubert theatre to beryllium announced.
Evita connected Broadway will beryllium produced by Jamie Lloyd for The Jamie Lloyd Company and Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals by statement pinch LW Entertainment.
Production dates, further casting and venue will beryllium announced soon.
Said Lloyd Webber successful a statement, “I americium delighted to spot Jamie Lloyd’s bonzer accumulation of Evita caput to Broadway. It is truthful breathtaking to spot Tim and my activity reimagined successful caller ways, and nan show has a generational talent successful Rachel Zegler. I can’t hold for American audiences to acquisition a accumulation which took nan West End by storm.”
Added Rice, “I americium thrilled that Broadway audiences will beryllium capable to spot Jamie Lloyd’s bold and inventive type of Evita. Rachel Zegler is simply a magnetic ‘Eva’, delivering an electric, charismatic performance.”
“I was wholly overwhelmed by nan unthinkable consequence to Evita successful London, said head Lloyd. “It is an grant to activity pinch Tim and Andrew, and I’m looking guardant to revisiting nan accumulation pinch Rachel, whose stellar capacity continues to animate me. When we started discussing a New York production, it became evident that our Palladium staging of ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ would not beryllium possible. I americium really excited to research a caller idea, made particularly for Broadway.”
Zegler said, “Performing Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s superb show in London was a dream travel true, but being capable to partner erstwhile again pinch Jamie to bring Evita to Broadway is a erstwhile successful a life opportunity. I can’t wait to execute for my home, New York City.”
Evita played a critically acclaimed, sold-out engagement astatine nan London Palladium past summer. The staging included a wide reported segment successful which Zegler performed nan signature opus “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” connected a street-facing outdoor balcony. Lloyd Webber has said nan outdoor segment would not apt beryllium reproduced successful New York, pinch head Lloyd’s connection astir “a caller idea” seeming to corroborate that.
Earlier this month, Evita received 2 Olivier Awards including Best Actress successful a Musical for Zegler.
The synopsis: “Fueled by unrelenting ambition and passion, Eva Perón (Zegler) roseate from poorness to go nan astir powerful female successful Latin America. A beacon of dream to immoderate and a threat to others, her prima shone brightly arsenic she captured nan nation’s bosom and divided its soul. Evita features an iconic people including ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,’ ‘Oh What A Circus,’ ‘Another Suitcase successful Another Hall’ and nan Oscar-winning ‘You Must Love Me.’
101 Productions, Ltd. will service arsenic wide managers for nan production.
