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Evita on Broadway?
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#125re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 12/8/06 at 1:37pmThe plans didn't necessarily "fall to the wayside"; they just haven't been officially confirmed. I don't believe MB was trying to say that the plans had been publicly confirmed, so yes, it's technically still classified as a rumor, although I'm willing to trust him on this.
#126re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 12/8/06 at 1:38pm
I am not calling anyone a liar.
And I'm not calling anyone defensive.
Oh, wait...
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#127re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 12/8/06 at 1:53pm
If it were publically confirmed, who would need to read the posts on BWW 
americanboy99
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sondhead
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#130re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 3/18/07 at 6:06pm
"I think Sutton has the spunkiness, and I think she has the voice."
This is from the first page but I just had to say: Spunkiness is about the last word I would choose to describe Eva Peron.
#131re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 3/18/07 at 6:43pm
The show WILL NOT be going to broadway and thats coming from the mouth of the people at EVITA in London.
The show will do a UK national tour kicking off at the end of the year and it will be using the west end set.
This would be a risky project to take to New York since its tanked here in the UK
But they have said UK TOUR and no to broadway
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#132re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:33pmWell, er, regardless- >if< it should, by any chance, come to Broadway: Marla Schaffel, anyone? (Don't know of someone mentioned her already) I think she's played Evita before.
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ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#133re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:36pmAww, that make me sad. I really really wanted to see this production. Even if it had it flaws, they could have been corrected between the London closing and a Broadway Opening.
#134re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:56pm
havent read through all the pages.
But someone asked about elena ... A) Great choice
b) if you want to hear her ... they have the london cast recording out.
#135re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 3/18/07 at 8:59pm
ahhhh that sucks its not coming.
I was gonna take my grandfather to see it if it did.
americanboy99
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#137re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 5:31pm
This thread is now hypothetical... but going back to the idea of having the alternate Eva play the Mistress six shows a week, how about Anneliese Van Der Pol? She's already proven she can do Eva, if you've got the pipes to do Eva you can surely do the Mistress, she's suitably young, and she's not a massive name but would still have a certain draw to the nights where she was on as Eva.
But you CAN'T HAVE Philip Quast. I forbid it. It's bad enough he goes back to Australia every now and then. ;_; The West End is a somewhat less awesome place without him. ;_;
Updated On: 6/12/07 at 05:31 PM
#138re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 5:38pmI would go see Anneliese in a heartbeat. But I wouldn't see this production if it had gone through and transfered with Elena. I don't like her.
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#139re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 5:46pm
I would go see Anneliese in a heartbeat. But I wouldn't see this production if it had gone through and transfered with Elena. I don't like her.
I completely agree. I would love to see her as Eva.
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americanboy99
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SporkGoddess
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#141re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 5:51pmAaron Lazar for Che!
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
americanboy99
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#143re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 5:53pmI am a huge Sutton Foster fan but she is not right for this role at all. I would love Anneliese as well and I would die and go to heaven if Aaron Lazar came into Che. Or Antonio Banderas in the role.
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"Interesting choice"
"Interesting choice"
#144re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:01pm
RAUL ESPARZA AS CHE
Eden Espinoza as EVA
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
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#145re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:02pm
I've always hated the tradition of casting old white guys as Che. He's supposed to be a young Argentine firebrand! Well, granted, I guess when he's Che Guevara it's like his ghost, but I don't like him being Che Guevara to begin with. Anyway, I know that Aaron Lazar's white, but he could pull it off--he already pulled off being Italian. 
As for Evita... Sutton doesn't have enough command. I think once upon a time, Emily Skinner would have done a great job as her (now she's too old.) I'd have to think about that...
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#146re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:05pmSutton Foster would not work as Eva. At all.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
americanboy99
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#147re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:07pm
Why?
(I don't really care... just want a reason...)
#148re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:10pm
She can't sing it. As has been said on this thread, Foster said she would love to play Elphaba, but she can't sing that high. Eva is harder to sing than Elphaba, so...
Plus, I just can't picture her as Eva. I like the idea of Anneliese Van Der Pol.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#149re: Evita on Broadway?
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:13pm
Sutton is too cold to capture Eva's vulnerability, I think. I also can't imagine someone with her more traditional old-style Broadway vocal quality in the role.
I for one am really not crazy about the Mistress being the alternate Eva. It can work, I'm sure, depending on the performer, but they're such different parts, and I'm very particular about the way "Another Suitcase" is sung.
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