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Thanks for posting Rachel’s “Rainbow High”! How has it and the Rainbow Tour been restaged for the Palladium? I know at ROAT, Eva had a white dress on that the ensemble spray-painted on as she sings.

Sadly the only person that gets covered in paint is Che in the infamous goo incident. Rainbow tour feels like a rave at times and is just such a fun number to watch (Perons dance moves are worth the ticket price alone).

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can i ask how's the number "I'd be surprisingly good for you", "waltz for eva and che", and "You must love me"? how's the chemistry? what's going on with these numbers and their scenes together?

I’d be surprisingly good for you is really well done with the height difference serving as a metaphor for the age gap between them and Rachel and James have really great chemistry together (having the mistress on stage here chefs kiss). The waltz for Che and Eva almost serves as the climax to the relationship between Che and Eva (particularly during the first act they often snatch the microphone out of each others hand with it feeling like there fighting over control of the story) with Eva physically hitting Che before the goo Incident occurs. You must love me is interesting because it is the complete opposite of my local theatres production which serves as my main point of reffende for Evita (seriously if you can find a bootleg of the Leicester curve production with Chumisa Dornford-May as Eva it’s really worth it) which staged it as a duet just after the waltz. Here it occurs just before Eva’s final broadcast with Eva lying in Perons arms. Staging it this late really works since it shows how Peron has stayed by Eva’s side right until the end even if in this production his motives are not as sincere as Eva wants to believe they are.

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Just thought I’d give my thoughts on THAT balcony scene from someone who’s seen it from inside the theatre. the first thing you need to know about don’t cry for me Argentina is that it is a performance (this isnt just my interpretation this is what ALW has said about don’t cry for me) . Eva is performing a character during this song (this is the only time she wears the full classic Eva Peron look whilst she is alive at least. So What the people outside see is an act, a series of generic insincere platitudes. During the next sing she literally strips away these layers and becomes the character we spent the first act watching again. The reprise towards the end which is meant to be much more genuine is performed entirely in the theatre with the real Eva (not in the iconic costume but as we see her through the whole show). Finally she only wears the look she showed the masses on stage once she has died when her body is being embalmed to preserve her image for all eternity further reinforcing that this look was not the real Eva but only a character she has created.

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Why the hell does Che end up in blood/paint for bows?

Because there are lyrics in the waltz for Che and Eva about how those who oppose the Perons get violently repressed and later on in the song this literally happens to Che and this is when he gets covered in the paint. He then spends the rest of the show dead at the bottom of the stage only raising his head to say his lines. It’s really haunting.

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would you trade ur Evita audio bootleg for a West End Cabaret video bootleg? (sorry if there any mistakes, english isn’t my first language)

Yes dm me

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would love to hear your thoughts on the evita revival in general!! (staging, choreo, performances, chemistry, etc)

Staging wise it very much has a concert vibe if you’ve ever seen the recent regent park production of JCS very much imagine that but evita. Honestly the use of cameras was restrained only being used in act two at appropriate moments (loved how Eva was dressed in the classic look for don’t cry for me emphasising how much it is a performance whilst performing the final broadcast in her regular look as the ‘real Eva’). Choreography was stunning turned rainbow tour into even more of a bop (you have not lived until you’ve seen peron dancing). Performance wise what more can be said about Rachel she is the moment and was in complete control of the stage from the moment she first appeared. Diego was amazing as che really captured the essence of the character also loved how he almost seemed to be Eva’s conscience at times particularly during high flying adored. James really stood out to me as peron. I was nervous over how young he looks but his height difference and his general stage presence sold me completely. Aaron really stole his scenes as the worst most pathetic tango singer you’ve ever seen 10/10. Bella really portrayed the mistress as a mirror to why Eva could have been (right down to being costumed the same) and broke my heart with another suitcase.

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do you accept payment for your full Evita audio?

I don’t but I’m willing to gift on a case by case basis

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Chumisa Dormford-May as Christine in Phantom of the Opera on the West End

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Suspicions confirmed we need a new Piangi