Breaking News: Martin, Roger & Cerveris to Depart EVITA January 26, 2013; New Stars Coming — Page 3

While I would love to see Olivo or Gonzalez do this, I also wouldn't be surprised if it just closes on January 26th. Similar to PROMISES, PROMISES, remember when they were searching for new stars too?

OMG that's one of the funniest things I've EVER read

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Even though she's still on Grey's, I would absolutely love to see Ramirez in the role!

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My bet:

They think they've got someone now, but in the end, a deal won't pan out, and this show will go quietly into that good night after Martin, Roger and Cerveris are gone.

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g.d.e.l.g.i., they'd have to have replacements signed, sealed, and delivered already if they're really planning on keeping the show open, since I'd gather the three new leads would have to go into rehearsal very soon to begin performances at the end of January.

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Updated On: 11/27/12 at 10:56 AM

Evita WISHES it could have Idina, whether she's right for the role or not.

Any show probably does.

Baaaank.

#biased

We've seen that this show can't do well without a name in one of the roles. So they're not going to go for a theater star for all of them.

Anneliese Van Der Pol gets my vote! Please make this happen! I spoke with Eden on skype a few weeks ago, for a charity thing, and she, in not so many words, said though she would love to play the role, it's not right for her at the moment. Of, course this was before the announcement the stars were leaving, so we shall see! Van Der Pol would get me there, have debated on seeing this every time I go to the city, have always decided not to, not a fan of any of the Evas, though serviceable, I prefer a belter for the score. Would love to see Max take over, doubt he will, the show does need a name to survive. Idina, in no way could sing this 6 times a week! She's out in my book, though she may fill some seats to her loyal fans. I liek the idea of Marc Anthony, no to Enrique- if you dont' like Ricky, I doubt Enrique could do better in this vehicle! Just my opinions of course, doubt any producer is reading this, though sometimes they should!

Also, isn't Eden pretty tall? I think she looks fine, but Eva is not that tall. I don't know how tall Annelise van del Pol is, but I think she would be marvelous.

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Lest everyone here forget that Eva really has to dance in this production, which is what gave Elena Roger a huge advantage during the competitive casting process for the initial West End revival the first time around.

People like Anneliese van der Pol and Eden Espinosa may be able to sing the crap out of the score, but I don't know if either has the chops to pull off Rob Ashford's exhausting choreography (which is the same issue I mentioned that would challenge someone like Karen Olivo too.)

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I didn't find the choreography in this show hard at all. I don't think that Decicco necessarily made it look easy, but it didn't seem like something that couldn't be grasped after running it several times. I would say that this choreography is much easier than choreography in West Side Story. Then again Olivo's dancing was a little painful in WSS. If she could stumble through that I'm sure she could work her way through this.

^ Word.