Thursday, April 27, 2017

Last Chance to See EVITA!


Eva might sing that she "shall not leave" us in her final broadcast, but the truth is that she has to leave us and it's soon! Including tonight, there's only three performances left. That's still three opportunities to see Lauren Shealy as the high-flying, adored First Lady of Argentina; Miles Jacoby as passionate narrator Che; and Jesse Sharp as determined and devoted Juan Perón. 
Argentina's controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic musical masterpiece. As an illegitimate fifteen year old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the president's mistress at twenty-four, First Lady at twenty-seven, and dead at thirty-three. Eva Perón - "saint to the working-class, reviled by the aristocracy, and mistrusted by the military" - was destined to leave a fascinating political legacy unique in the 20th century. Told through a compelling score with a live orchestra that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and jazz influences, EVITA creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the woman herself.