Rachel Zegler and the cast of Evita, © Marc Brenner
Two exciting pieces of Evita news to start the week!
Rachel Zegler stars in the critically lauded Jamie Lloyd-directed revival of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, which now enters its final week at The London Palladium.
Joining Zegler are Diego Andres Rodriguez as Che, and James Olivas as Juan Perón, with Aaron Lee Lambert as Agustín Magaldi and Bella Brown as The Mistress / Alternate Eva.
Telling the tale of the rise and fall of the iconic Argentinian figure, Lloyd Webber and Rice’s classic 1978 musical includes numbers such as “Buenos Aires”, “Another Suitcase in Another Hall”, “Oh What a Circus” and “Don’t Cry for me Argentina”.
A new single, featuring Zegler performing “Rainbow High”, will be released on digital channels on 5 September, it was confirmed at an album signing today in London.
It will accompany a new “Miami” remix of Zegler performing “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, which was revealed last week and can be streamed now. On 4 July, a standard and a capella version of the classic number was released.
Last week, Zegler sold out two concert nights at the Palladium, due to take place next month.
The ensemble includes Carl Au, Gabriela Benedetti, Shakara Brown, Damian Buhagiar, Kyeirah D’Marni, Sally Frith, DeAngelo Jones, Lucas Koch, Natasha Leaver, Michael Lin, Dianté Lodge, Louis Mackrodt, Mireia Mambo, Mia Mullarkey, Perry O’Dea, Alysha Sontae, Monica Swayne, Jon Tsouras and Harrison Wilde, with Myla Carmen, Barney Hudson, Nathan Louis-Fernand, Kirsty Anne Shaw, Ricardo Spriggs and Regan Bailey Walker as Swings. Auora Breslin, Lois Haidar, Siena Merilind-Wu and Ffion Rosalie Williams share the role of The Child.
You can read about the evolution of Evita in a history of leading ladies here.
The creative team also includes Soutra Gilmour (set and costume designer), Alan Williams (music supervisor and musical director), Jon Clark (lighting designer), Adam Fisher (sound designer), Will Burton CDG (casting director), Jim Carnahan (US casting director), Carole Hancock (wigs, hair and make up designer), Harry Blumenau (children’s casting/ children’s administration), Kate Waters (fight director), Lily Mollgaard (props supervisor), Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy coordinator), Rupert Hands (associate director), Amy Thornton (associate choreographer), Cory Hippolyte (resident director), Paris Green (resident choreographer), Rachel Wingate (associate set designer), Kelsh B-D (associate sound designer), Lucía Sánchez Roldán (associate lighting designer), Rachel Woodhouse (costume supervisor), Harry Barker (assistant sound designer), Andy Barnwell and Rich Weedon for BW Musicians (orchestral management).
Evita plays at The London Palladium until 6 September.