Picture: Marc Brenner
The hit Jamie Lloyd-directed production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita is heading for Broadway next spring with its multi-award-winning leading lady Rachel Zegler reprising her performance as Eva Perón.
Looking forward to the production’s transatlantic transfer, Rice said: “I am thrilled that Broadway audiences will be able to see Jamie Lloyd’s bold and inventive version of Evita. Rachel Zegler is a magnetic ‘Eva’, delivering an electric, charismatic performance.”
Lloyd Webber added: “I am delighted to see Jamie Lloyd’s extraordinary production of Evita head to Broadway. It is so exciting to see Tim and my work reimagined in new ways, and the show has a generational talent in Rachel Zegler. I can’t wait for American audiences to experience a production which took the West End by storm.”
The production’s multi-award-winning director said: “I was completely overwhelmed by the incredible response to Evita in London. It is an honour to work with Tim and Andrew, and I’m looking forward to revisiting the production with Rachel, whose stellar performance continues to inspire me. When we started discussing a New York production, it became apparent that our Palladium staging of ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ would not be possible. I am really excited to explore a new idea, made especially for Broadway.”
Zegler, who made her Broadway debut in Romeo and Juliet in 2024, before making her West End debut in Evita at the London Palladium last year, said: “Performing Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s brilliant show in London was a dream come true, but being able to partner once again with Jamie to bring Evita to Broadway is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I can’t wait to perform for my home, New York City.”
Evita on Broadway will be produced by Jamie Lloyd for The Jamie Lloyd Company and Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals by arrangement with LW Entertainment.
The production dates, additional casting and the specific Shubert theatre for Evita on Broadway will be announced soon.
Jamie Lloyd originally directed Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre as part of the venue’s 2019 season.
With more than 20 major awards to its credit, and an Oscar-winning film version starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas, Rice and Lloyd Webber’s Evita features some of the best-loved songs in musical theatre, including ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’, ‘On This Night of a Thousand Stars’ and ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’.
Angela Thomas
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