Jamie Lloyd-helmed EVITA revival to play the London Palladium in 2025 — Page 27

Seb28 said: "I wonder if there will be a cast recording of this show. I must say, Rachel Zegler sings the material wonderfully. She was great when I went and her renditions of the balcony clips and other recordings are always great. But I did not really like the DCFMA single. Both the studio version and the "live version" did not do her justice (probably recorded on stage during soundcheck without an audience). Literally every other time she sang it (hundreds of clips and when I saw it) was better.

I think they should record 5 shows randomly, without the cast being aware of which shows they are. And then compare and pick the best parts."

I agree that DCFMA sounded better in the theater.

I was really hoping they wouldn't record it live, and they'd do an old fashioned studio recording! But I'll take a live recording over no recording at all. 

There are some notes that Zegler opts up for that I'd love to revisit outside of the bootlegs (in Buenos Aires and Rainbow High). Also Diego one night opted up for And the Money - "throw it HIGH in the air and should our lady pick it". But he didn't do it the second time I saw it. 

[edit: nevermind]

Updated On: 8/4/25 at 03:46 PM

Multiple attestations on this Reddit thread about how impactful the balcony scene is when viewed from inside the Palladium - gasps all round, etc, 

Hopefully it will have the same effect from outside the Wilson (and if not there, then wherever it ends up).

https://www.reddit.com/r/london/s/ntoWOTbbhG

J, do you honestly believe that a show as large and expensive as Queen of Versailles would pack up after less than two months? When Redwood (basically a Prozac ad) lasted four? I know we talked about you dialing back the gloomy doom but if that's accurate, it seems completely pointless for them to even try in NYC in the first place. 

Updated On: 8/11/25 at 11:22 AM

I've heard from multiple people they are pushing the transfer to fall 2026.

EDSOSLO858 said: "If it doesn’t sell, why would VERSAILLES even risk playing in January?

Expensive shows have pulled the plug within days / a few weeksbefore. (Looking at you, TAMMY FAYE.)"

Those producers are just assuming it's going to fail and a theater will be available during the peak holiday season? That doesn't make any sense. They are opening in mid October to get the holiday crowds. It just seems weird to me that they are planning on booking a theater because they THINK Versailles will fail.

Updated On: 8/11/25 at 04:42 PM

While I don’t doubt the producers want the St. James, the simple fact is… they can’t have it until QoV closes, and it is far too early to confidently say when that will be, however dubious its prospects right now are. 

Sutton Ross said: "They shouldn't do what Cats did since no one is talking about that anymore."

 

 

Hey, Im still talking about Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and I still hope it comes to Broadway...who said no one is talking about that anymore???

DramaTeach said: "Sutton Ross said: "getatme said: "I've heard from multiple people they are pushing the transfer to fall 2026."

Why would they push Evita out when it's hot right now? Doubtful. They shouldn't do what Cats did since no one is talking about that anymore. Just like with Teeth, I feel like they waited too long."

Got a survey about it this morning with possible promo art and taglines, so it’s still coming."

 

 

Are you talking about Evita or Cats?

Voter said: "DramaTeach said: "Sutton Ross said: "getatme said: "I've heard from multiple people they are pushing the transfer to fall 2026."

Why would they push Evita out when it's hot right now? Doubtful. They shouldn't do what Cats did since no one is talking about that anymore. Just like with Teeth, I feel like they waited too long."

Got a survey about it this morning with possible promo art and taglines, so it’s still coming."





Are you talking about Evita or Cats?"

Jellicle Ball

Would it really be such a tragedy if Evita is pushed back a few months? I’m not saying that is ideal, but the London revival seems like it has an excellent chance to do well at the Olivier Awards. That would set it up, like Sunset Blvd., for a fall opening with London awards to tout.

People keep saying the show would lose its momentum. A Jamie Lloyd production of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous musicals, starring one of the most talented and controversial young stars in America? Really?

This isn’t Dead Outlaw, a scrappy new musical that needed all the attention it could get.

One of my daughters saw the revival in London on vacation, twice, and she caught the outdoor scene another afternoon. Her reaction was that it’s a real coup, so finding a theater that can accommodate that is important. Upon her return to NYC, she is as obsessed as many of you about the show’s ultimate home.

A brief video showing what the balcony scene looks like from the inside audience’s perspective. This must have been around the day when Rachel was swapped out mid-show as she’s quite flat and not sounding as strident as “usual”.

https://www.tiktok.com/@theatretea5/video/7528467277373508886?

Apologies if the video doesn’t open/play in your browser. The app is tricky sometimes. 

Literally all that MickyJo is doing is reading from his phone publicly available articles and extrapolating out from those -- there's no inside info or insight beyond, frankly, what we all do here. I admire his love for theatre, and his ability to parlay that into a successful channel, but there's nothing much beyond that.