Revamped "Evita" in Sydney

https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/BWW-TV-See-Whats-New-With-Hal-Princes-Revamped-EVITA-in-Sydney-Starring-Tina-Arena-20181015 I'm (very) vaguely familiar with Tina Arena. I have ambivalent feelings about this performance in this video.

If they directed the actors to “bring down” the theatrics for the video, this was a colossal idea. This video has no life. It’s so flat and unexciting. EVITA can be delivered hard and explosive without worrying about being “too much” for any promo footage. EVITA lends itself to that which is how all clips and performances have always been done this way on television. All footage shown on TV of LuPone in the original Broadway production featured her performing full-our; never watered-down. People expect EVITA this way.

This looks like a high school production.

I am a huge Tina Arena fan. I don't think this video shows her off very well. It looks more like a first run though on the set to me. She keeps looking down to check her marks, and the tempo is slower than usual. I wonder when this was recorded and why it is being used to highlight the show (it doesn't).

I agree with Mister Matt, to be quite honest.

It's revamped because it's the original staging and not the boring revival staging based on the somewhat boring film adaptation, but it includes the boring "You Must Love Me" from the somewhat boring film adaptation because you can't produce Evita anymore without adding something boring to it. Apparently, they needed to make it just a bit more boring by slowing down the tempo for Buenos Aires.

Bring back Kathy Voytko and the 2004 tour.

this just looks kinda... sad and tired.

I loved the original staging and choreography! It was like watching a cinematic montage that eschewed any forced romanticism or sentimentality that may come with too much realism in its staging and design. I thought it was a perfect fit for the score. Scenes like Good Night and Thank You, I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You, Peron's Latest Flame, The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines You'd Like to Hear and of course, the iconic Don't Cry for Me Argentina were unforgettable. It was unconventional, but I found it a visual feast.