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MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE FLOURISHING THE WORLD HAS MEANING AGAIN-

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Turns out that Jordan Donica was cast as the Phantom in London last year! He decided to stay to film for The Gilded Age, and also ended up having a run in Sunset Boulevard.

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Can you post High Flying Adored and Waltz for Eva and Che? Their voices are so good, separately and together.

Is there further reliable information about when the show transfers to Broadway? There are rumors saying it could be in February 2026. It's been said the producers want to strike while the iron is hot, and they want to get there in time for 2026 Tony eligibility. It's also said Broadway is having a poor summer across the board, and they need a sure hit show soon. Do you think they can make the transfer that soon?

Please and thank you.

I’ve not heard anything more about broadway than you have although the transfer feels like the worst kept secret In theatre at the moment. I certainly think it could transfer this soon with the right theatre available (balcony space is a must in fear) I don’t know wether they should. I fear Tony voters would get Jamie Lloyd fatigue if another big revival of an ALW musical hit broadway the very next season after sunset. I feel this productions superficial similarity’s with sunset would get amplified out of all proportion on broadway. I mean Jamie Lloyd is already becoming a bit of a meme in theatre circles as is.

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heard that the plot and characterisation were kinda sacrificed in evita, did you feel that was true?

It’s kinda hard for me to answer this cause I am a massive Evita nerd (what a shocker I know) this going in I knew the plot, the context, the everything so when you get to a very abstract number (the art of the possible for Instance) I have no issue understanding it. And the plot of Evita is when you boil it down to its essence is very simple girl from the country moves to big city makes good weds famous man then dies. On characterisation I do not think it suffers at All Eva is meant to be unlikable, keeping this determined facade until it starts to crack as she nears death as she realises she genuinely loves those around her. Che is depicted as almost Eva’s inner conscience fighting her for control of the narrative. Peron is depicted as very much a product of the system (he looks genuinely scared as the balloon popping art of the possible) who feels out of his depth when actually in power. He means it when he’d prefer to quit whilst he’s ahead with the ambitious Eva pushing him forward. So in summery I don’t think characterisation suffers tbh.

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hey just wondering, did they cut any ‘filler’ songs from evita?

No they didn’t really cut any songs

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IF I SEE ONE MORE PERSON COMPARE TR*MP TO JAVERT I AM GOING TO SCREAM

GUYS. PLEASE. TURN ON YOUR MEDIA LITERACY BRAINS FOR A SECOND AND STOP CLAIMING THAT A CHARACTER WHO'S WHOLE THING IS THE LAW AND JUSTICE HAS ANYTHING IN COMMON WITH A CONVICTED FELON.

I feel like with the whole stupid Tr*mp Les Mis situation everyone's immediate first reaction is to compare him to the perceived villain of the show and they don't stop to think about the comparison that they are actually making and the reality of Javert and his character.

Now, is Javert the main antagonist of the musical and the book? Yes, of course. Can he be unnecessarily cruel, prejudiced and does his actions in the narrative leave lasting, negative consequences on the other character's lives? Undoubtably!

But to compare him to the orange man????

GUYS!!!

Please, can't we just think about this for a moment? Everything that Javert does is born out of a skewed sense of justice and a flawed commitment to a system that hates him. Born into poverty, he spends his days desperately climbing the ladder of law enforcement, trying to be seen as better than the class he came from. This is likely the source of his hatred for JVJ, because he sees himself in him and is constantly trying to prove that not only is he better than JVJ, but he is better than everyone he represents - the common man, the ones society let slip through the cracks.

And yes, I do know that in the book, Javert is a metaphor for the brutality of the law at the time. But let's not forget that the police, however cruel they are, are ultimately just a tool to be used by whoever is in power, a weapon to wield against citizens living under oppression.

Do we associate Javert with this oppression? Yes, and that's intentional. But Victor Hugo also makes it abundantly clear that Javert is being oppressed as well. It is the very system that he serves that destroys him in the end, he recognises he has caused great injustice himself and it eats him alive. He physically cannot continue to live with his newfound guilt, he throws himself into the Seine because he cannot stand the thought of being not better than the forgotten members of society, but actively worse.

This brings us to Tr*mp (I'll make this quick I swear):

This man is NOTHING like Javert. He has no sense of justice, no loyalty to a flawed system that he genuinely believes is good and worth fighting for. Tr*mp works instead to further destroy the already broken system we have and actively makes everything worse for the common man. He is fully aware of what he is doing, there is no moral code to his actions at all. Tr*mp isn't serving a higher power because he believes that he is the highest power there is.

(He also is NOT a christian, do not listen to his lies the man hasn't read a page of the bible in his life! He uses that as a way to brainwash his cult into thinking he's their new messiah smh)

Trumps obvious awareness of his lack of morals puts him closer to Thenardier than Javert. Thenardier is a wicked and cruel character who is actually aware that he is in the wrong, that his actions are evil. But even this new comparison is inhernetly flawed because Thenardier was born in poverty, just like Javert. That fact alone should make them both incomparable to the overgrown nepo baby some of you have the misfortune of calling your president.

So yes, sorry for the rant BUT PLEASE STOP THESE COMPARISONS I AM BEGGING!!! Read the book or re-listen to the soundtrack instead, simply reminding ourselves of why the barricade boys fought for the revolution in the first place is a greater form of protest than snide jokes on X about how Trump's favourite character would be Javert.

If Trump did feel any connection to Javert, it would not be because he can relate to him at all or because they have anything whatsoever in common - but because Trump loves those who believe in the system. He loves the idealistic followers like Javert who truly believe that the government has their best interests in mind, because those people are the easiest to manipulate and eventually blame when things fall apart.

TLDR - Leave my boy alone or I am personally breaking into your house to whack you over the head with the brick.

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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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