Jamie Lloyd on Evita coming to Broadway "trying to find a theatre with a balcony"- Page 4

[wcoyote]

Posted: 10/4/25 at 4:12pm

It's going to the Hirschfeld.  Workable Balcony.  Workable street.  Moulin will be gone by March.  ATG Theater

[Ensemble1711444445]

Posted: 10/4/25 at 4:18pm

wcoyote said: "It's going to the Hirschfeld. WorkableBalcony. Workable street. Moulin will be gone by March. ATG Theater"

Those neighbors will have a meltdown. That is a very residential block. No way they don't file complaints with the city.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 10/4/25 at 9:03pm

I have a hard time seeing them getting clearance to close a whole street here like they did in London. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 10/4/25 at 10:19pm

Ensemble1711444445 said: "wcoyote said: "It's going to the Hirschfeld. WorkableBalcony. Workable street. Moulin will be gone by March. ATG Theater"

Those neighbors will have a meltdown. That is a very residential block. No way they don't file complaints with the city."

 

I agree as all the building across the street are residential and not sure what a workable balcony means as those are stairs-fire escape used after the show exiting from the mezzanine. 

 

[Fan123]

Posted: 10/5/25 at 4:25am

Assuming that the main priority is how the audience in the theatre experiences this number, and not how passers-by on the street might experience it, would it be so bad if this was done entirely indoors within a theatre building? Have Eva perform the song live in some backstage space designed to look like the Casa Rosada balcony, keep the camera pointed in the right direction to avoid giving the game away, whatever. Whatever commentary is intended about the song representing Eva putting on her public face, might then come across just as well to the theatre audience. Yes, it would all be "fake", but so are all the tricks and solutions that create theatrical effects in any production anyway. Presumably the moment should be more about the final theatrical effect produced, than the approach used to get it.

[bway1430]

Posted: 10/5/25 at 8:55am

Fan123 said: "Assuming that the main priority is how the audience in the theatreexperiences this number, and not how passers-by on the street might experience it, would it be so bad if this was done entirely indoors within a theatre building?

Hmm no. I mean yes, they could but you need to see how it is actually done to realise how magical it when the inside audience is connected to the crowd outside. It's one of those rare bits of theatrical magic where words are not enough...but it was an absolute coup de théâtre that took my breath away even on my second visit when I knew what to expect.

 

Updated On: 10/5/25 at 08:55 AM