Official: Jamie Lloyd's EVITA to open on Broadway in Spring 2027- Page 2

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:03pm

How about the just live stream the iconic moment in Time Square every night? 

[joevitus]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:05pm

Kad said: "Lloyd confirms new staging for "Don't Cry for Me Argentina""

While this sucks for us, it's totally understandable. I never thought they'd be able to do it. I do wonder if the recent assassination attempt at the correspondents' dinner is what sealed the staging's fate.

I realize there are far better reasons to revisit our absurd gun laws than a revival of Evita, but it's a reminder how much the insanity regarding this issue makes life in America that much worse.

[Dolly80]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:06pm

bryan2 said: "get out your undergarments and war paint and watch Rachel hold a note for way longer than needed...oh that was a what they did for sunset.....BORING"


You clearly didn’t see it in London. 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:11pm

The gun issue is merely one aspect of what made doing the balcony unlikely in NYC. A star singing in public in midtown Manhattan 8 times a week for months was always going to be a logistical nightmare. 

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 02:11 PM

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:24pm

ucjrdude902 said: "How about the just live stream the iconic moment in Time Square every night?"

Why do you think people in Times Square would ever want that 8 times a week?

[TalksAboutBruno]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:33pm

ucjrdude902 said: "How about the just live stream the iconic moment in Time Square every night?"

I thought this too. Maybe a QR code that will link them to the live audio. 

[Ensemble1769143235]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 3:05pm

Kad said: "Lloyd confirms new staging for "Don't Cry for Me Argentina""

My bet is that Rachel will stand on an elevated platform on the stage with a balcony railing at the front. Singing from there. Or edit the live from the balcony audio over a multicamera edit of all videos of her performing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from last summer in London. I know it won't hit the same but it's better than nothing. 

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 3:33pm

Ensemble1769143235 said: "Kad said: "Lloyd confirms new staging for "Don't Cry for Me Argentina""

My bet is that Rachel will stand on an elevated platform on the stage with a balcony railing at the front. Singing from there. Or edit the live from the balcony audio overa multicamera edit of all videos of her performing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from last summer in London. I know it won't hit the same but it's better than nothing."

While this revival does nothing for me. it wouldn't surprise me if she is on a cherry picker, and it extends out to mid audience level.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 3:36pm

When this was first FIRST announced, I imagined that she would simply sing the song on the actual balcony of the theatre.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 3:50pm

TotallyEffed said: "When this was first FIRST announced, I imagined that she would simply sing the song on the actual balcony of the theatre."

I had that thought as well but that's definitely... less of a coup. 

[joevitus]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 4:40pm

Kad said: "The gun issue is merely one aspect of what made doing the balcony unlikely in NYC. A star singing in public in midtown Manhattan 8 times a week for months was always going to be a logistical nightmare."

I so don't believe is was only one issue among many. I can't imagine how a star singing in in public the middle of a theater district in any major city in any country wouldn't also be a major logistical nightmare. I can't believe it was any more or less of one in the West End. Just as there wasn't much difference in terms of a logistical nightmare between "Sunset Blvd" being played on the street in both cities.

It's the threat of violence that is halting this, pure and simple.

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 04:40 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 4:56pm

Almost every single viable Broadway theater for the transfer is on a heavily trafficked street in a deeply congested area. Not true of the London Palladium.  Look at the photos of the crowds that gathered outside the Palladium- you'd be looking at street closures every single performance, 6 days a week, for months, on some of the busiest streets in the city. 

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 04:56 PM

[joevitus]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 4:59pm

Kad said: "Almost every single viable Broadway theater for the transfer is on a heavily trafficked street in a deeply congested area. Not true of the London Palladium. Look at the photos of the crowds that gathered outside the Palladium- you'd be looking at street closures every single performance, 6 days a week, for months, on some of the busiest streets in the city."

And where was that staging of the title song to Sunset Blvd staged? An open field with no trafic or crowds in sight?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:05pm

It wasn't a "stop and watch" event like this, played directly to the public crowds. The safety issue is legitimate but it was not the sole reason. New York is not London. 

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 05:05 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:09pm

The “Sunset walk” wasn’t a “everyone crowd the street for hours before the show starts to get a good spot” like “Evita” is. 

[joevitus]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:11pm

Jordan Catalano said: "The “Sunset walk” wasn’t a “everyone crowd the street for hours before the show starts to get a good spot” like “Evita” is."

Ugh,I hadn't thought of that part of it. I see. Fair. That's directed at both of you.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:22pm

The fact that the staging required an external balcony at all eliminated the majority of theaters it could even have gone into. Even without the safety risk, it was always going to be tough to make happen here. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:34pm

joevitus said: "Jordan Catalano said: "The “Sunset walk” wasn’t a “everyone crowd the street for hours before the show starts to get a good spot” like “Evita” is."

Ugh,I hadn't thought of that part of it. I see. Fair. That's directed at both of you."


Tom Francis, today, has 75K Instagram followers. Rachel Zegler has 2.5 million.

[Dolly80]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 6:20pm

Ensemble1769143235 said: "Kad said: "Lloyd confirms new staging for "Don't Cry for Me Argentina""

My bet is that Rachel will stand on an elevated platform on the stage with a balcony railing at the front. Singing from there. Or edit the live from the balcony audio overa multicamera edit of all videos of her performing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from last summer in London. I know it won't hit the same but it's better than nothing."

I think they’ll do a little better than this deeply uninspired take.

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 7:14pm

Are instagram followers a signal of anything?

Nick Jonas has about 30 million.

Also, reminder that the balcony scene is not about appearing on a literal balcony. It's about ditching the upper classes (the ticket/buyers) to speak directly to the descamisados (the people on the street who can't afford to get in), mirroring Evita's own PR tactic which the "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" speech represents.

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 07:14 PM

[MysteriousLady]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 7:20pm

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Are instagram followers a signal of anything?

Nick Jonas has about 30 million.

 

 

People are being cast in Hollywood based on their number of followers. In today's environment it's apparently very important. 

 

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 7:30pm

…right, but did it help Last 5 Years?

Not that I doubt Evita will be a success, but not for those reasons.

Although yeah, I can see how celebrity might impact a street appearance.

Updated On: 4/29/26 at 07:30 PM

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/29/26 at 8:23pm

The comparison was between Tom Francis on the street and Rachel Zegler on the street.