Evita National Tour - Don't Waste Your Time or Money — Page 7

Good points except I don't give Rice enough credit for considering how his libretto would read/sing in Spanish

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No. Esta jira se termino hace tiempo. El ultimo mensage en este 'thread' fue en Enero 17, 2007.

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Where is music circus at? Is that in Boston?

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I seen Evita at the IU Auditorium this past October. I have to admit that I had no idea what I was going into, as I had never seen or even heard of "Evita" before this time.

I found it very hard to follow the show and get the real "story" from it. It was not till after the show and I went home to look up "Evita" that I finally understood what it was about.

The show itself was pretty good. Cameron Wade did a pretty good job of playing the lead role, although I have seen better performances. She seemed a little to "classic theater dramatic" for my taste toward the end of the show (the scene with the 2 beds and door between them). She was doing the hole thing where she waived her hand over her forehead and all that... It just screamed "Unreal" at that point.

Other than that strained scene, the show went off pretty well...

Updated On: 7/22/10 at 10:47 AM

Yes how have you never heard of EVITA at all?

Unless you arelike 10 and weren't alive in 1996. Everyone has seen or knows of the movie starring Madonna.

Wow.

Considering how young Landon is, there if no reason he/she should have heard of Eva Peron. And, Landon, unless you went to PS 92 in Buenos Aires, you wouldn't have heard the Perons mentioned in a history class.

Watch this...

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrmex5yYPs
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_k7RntIwk&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Kcs9ZNTXc&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQpsGkM2dsY&feature=related
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyjJdoxUl6A&feature=related

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"if you have never "seen or heard of Evita" before, I have to say you are not someone who knows nearly enough to be an acting critic."

--- Since when does someone have to go to history class and learn all about a musical before they can critic it? I know what I seen, and I was not extremely impressed. I would not have been extremely impressed if I could follow the story line. The Chorus was out of step during "Night of a Thousand Stars", Cameron Wade played "Evita" a little to dramatic for me, even though she was a dramatic woman in real life... However, I'm not saying it was a BAD show either. I DO NOT regret paying $37 to see it, but I would probably not pay to see it again.

"And for that matter I find it "Unreal" that you "Seen Evita."

--- Why would you find that unreal? Do you think I am lying about seeing the show? If I had not seen it, why would I waste my time here telling you what I thought of a show I never saw? You have no reason to think it is "unreal" that I seen the show just as much as anyone else here, other than the fact that I didn't think it was excellent, which must have made you mad.

"It seems to me that you didn't pay attention in English class either. And as far as history is concerned, any teacher who mentions Argentina in a historic manner would absolutely discuss Eva and Juan Peron."

--- I think I already established that we either didn't learn about them in history class, or I wasn't paying attention. That or I just don't remember, as we did learn a lot of different things in school, and history was not something I paid all that close attention to in the first place. IF we did learn about them in school, they never spent much time on the subject, or I would have certainly remembered some of it.

PS) Thanks "My Oh My" for sharing those links. VERY interested documentary.


Landon D. Parks,
Executive Director, Stage Director & Stage Manager -
The Broadway Entertainment Company Inc.
http://www.broadwaybloomington.org
"Bringing Broadway style shows to America!"

Updated On: 7/15/08 at 05:43 PM

I've only seen Evita once and it was the tour with Kathy something and Philip Quast. I thought it was a pretty boring production. I'll be going up to Sacramento to see Julia Murney and Eric Kunze tho, so hopefully this production will be more entertaining!

If only!

No, I think she means Hernandez.

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This long dramatic paragraph still makes me laugh. You didn't "seen" Evita! You "saw" Evita! I'm am sure you "saw" Evita. Obvioulsy, and PS. There is no choreography for the dancers to be off step to in "Night of a Thousand Stars." They are just people at a night club standing around and dancing with a lover casually. It isn't on or off. It is back-ground filler. And yes if you are going to see a historic musical, you should have some idea of what happened so you can understand the basic concepts-and even get many nuances.

I am not surprised that you (as well as a large mass of theatre goers these days) have the idea that watching real live art should take the same amount of participation mentally as watching TV.

So I hope the next time you go SEE a piece of theatre that isn't fluff. You do just a little research to prep or stimulate your mind. Since the last time you SEEN a show with such a thick Libretto you couldn't follow along.

AND please do me a favor- when telling friends, family, or loved ones what show sucks and what show is brilliant. Use the phrase "I saw ....."

If you must use the word seen repeatedly. Say something like ...... "Cameron Wade was SEEN by the stage door after the show." Or ..... "She was SEEN wearing a white dress."

The original broadway show had only one major set piece, the balcony.