The next Evita? — Page 3

We did this thread to death on Bway.com. The person i think would be perfect is Orfeh. But since we insist on rehashing every tired old *casting* thread from the old board, then there's my answer, again.

Defyinggravity2:
I'm all for them. I haven't heard Lauren Kennedy sing. I'd like to though I hear she is amazing. NOw can someone PLEASE tell me how the staging for the original Evita was revolutionary? It looked the same from any other production I saw on that tape.

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Not everyone was on the old board so if this is a rehash of an old thread, it's very simple, don't read the thread or respond to it. I'm not trying to be rude but I don't we should assume everyone read a message board that has been out of commission for a while now.

Updated On: 1/4/04 at 05:30 PM

wickedfan:

Lauren Kennedy is so good, she has an album out of ONLY Jason Robert Brown music, it is amazing. I saw her in the WOrld Premiere of THE RHYTHM CLUB at the Signature Theater, before she became "LAUREN KENNEDY" knowhatimean? recently i saw her do ANOTHER production of L5y w/ JRB as jamie. I would LOve to see her as evita.

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what recordings cani hear larua kennedy sing on?? thanks =)

Wickedfan, I saw the original Broadway staging, I'm not sure what they meant by revolutionary. The only thing I can think of is that concepts that were used in opera were on the Broadway stage. The original Broadway show used actual movie and newsreel footage of Eva Peron. (Perhaps using movie projections during a song was considered revolutionary). The scenery was movable set pieces and there was a large bridge across the stage, but I don't remember anything that really knocked my socks off in Evita. (The ascending tire, descending chandelier and flying helicopter were still a few years off).

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