Evita

Perón in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita. The production, initially staged in Los Angeles, traveled to New York City later that year. LuPone’s embodiment of the Argentine leader’s rise to power won her the Tony Award for best actress in a musical. She continued to work steadily in New York and…

…the basis for the musical Evita (1978), by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice; it was later adapted into a film (1996) starring Madonna.

…and Lloyd Webber and Rice’s Evita (1978).

…Guevara in the stage musical Evita. The production—a collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice—debuted in 1979, and Patinkin earned a Tony Award the following year.

…the 20th century, notably with Evita (1978), Cats (1981), Phantom of the Opera (1986), and Sunset Boulevard (1993). His influence can be traced in the musicals of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, whose Les Misérables (1980; first English-language production 1985) and Miss Saigon (1989) were also among the most successful…

…collaboration with Rice was on Evita (1978), a musical about Eva Perón, wife of the Argentine dictator Juan Perón. The London production received the Olivier Award for best musical, and the Broadway staging won seven Tony Awards, including ones for best musical and best score. In addition, Lloyd Webber and…

…was the Tony Award-winning musical Evita, released on record in 1976 before making its London stage debut in 1978. With a story based on the life of former Argentine first lady Eva Perón, the show produced the international hit song “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina.” For the cast show album,…