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NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:21am

So, Troika is presenting a new Evita tour starting this Fall.

i know this in a Non-Equity tour, but does anyone know anything else about the show? Cast? Sets? Random things like that...

thanks,
N.

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:45am

I believe it will use the same staging and sets as the last tour, based on Hal Prince's work, which is (IMHO) fantastic direction.

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 4:06am

I'm a fan of Prince's original direction, but I long for a new interpretation. (And that's how you rhyme.)

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 4:23am

EVITA was given a new staging and choreography on the West End and it had a lukewarm reception and ended up flopping.
Prince's staging seems to be the one that works best for this show.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 4:31am

I hope to see it :P

http://www.pioneercenter.com/Broadway/Subscribe%20main%20page%2007-08.htm

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 4:36am

The West End revival stunk worse than my ass! Surely, there must be another better way to envision this show.

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 6:19am

You know, I want to say that I am all for new, fresh interpretations of musicals on stage and all, but at the same time, I've grown wary of a creative team that is too eager to renvision a show - it usually ends up being nowhere nearly as good as the original.

Of course, there are few exceptions, like the Chicago revival.

Prince's original, abstract, minimalist staging was simply genius. Why tamper with perfection? I did not see the London revival, but from what I have seen by way of video has left me less than impressed; the set and costumes seemed way too loud, gawdy, and distracting.

Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.

Updated On: 8/19/07 at 06:19 AM

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 10:51am

I'm seeing this in January! Very excited, I LOVE Evita but I have yet to see it live on stage. I'm a little disappointed it's non-equity, considering how challenging a show it is to produce. But I'm happy just to be seeing the Hal Prince production.

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 11:33am

Phil Peterson is playing Peron.

For anyone who caught the "Cats" National Tour in the last year or so, he was playing Old Deuteronomy.

#10

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 12:01pm

As a mere observer of this tasteless phenominon, one has to admire the stage management.

#11

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 12:06pm

That last national tour starring Kathy Voytko was horrendous. Probably one of the worst things I have ever seen. I couldn't wait until Eva died.

#12

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 12:37pm

lol, morosco...

What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!

#13

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 12:40pm

Updated On: 8/20/07 at 12:40 PM

#14

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 12:43pm

Jennifer Holliday.

#15

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 6:06pm

I believe the Eva is a young girl from Elon University. Just graduated.

#16

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 6:17pm

americanboy99 you make me laugh. :)

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#17

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 6:24pm

yea dave clemmons is casting it . so it shouldnt be a bad cast

"what? what is it? do i have something in my teeth? ok lets get this over with : no im not seasick,yes ive always been green, and no i didnt chew grass as a child "

#18

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 8:02pm

her name is cameron wade, she didn't graduate from elon but did go there. she is fierce, i worked with her years ago at a little community theatre production of "joseph.."

#19

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 8:04pm

My friend goes to Elon.

#20

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 8:34pm

...I liked Voytko. Maybe it's just b/c she was my first stage Eva and I have nothing but Patti's Tony performances to compare her to, but I thought she was very good.

-- SDG

#21

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 8:39pm

Ugh. I thought she was horrendous. Unlikable, and she couldn't hit the high notes without completely straining.

#22

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 8:51pm

Voytko sucked big titties! I hated the last production because of her.

Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

#23

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 8:55pm

HAHA. I agree.

Anyone see her go on in PIRATE QUEEN?

#24

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:32pm

Stage Manager... just how bad does your ass smell?

You made me laugh! Thanks for the happiness

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#25

re: NEW Evita Tour

Posted: 8/19/07 at 11:39pm

appreciate the buisness that goes into casting a show
do any of you know who dave clemmons is?

"what? what is it? do i have something in my teeth? ok lets get this over with : no im not seasick,yes ive always been green, and no i didnt chew grass as a child "

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