16 h. ago ‘Evita’ Theater Review: Rachel Zegler Takes London by Storm as Eva Perón in Otherwise Uneven Revival

‘Evita’ Theater Review: Rachel Zegler Takes London by Storm as Eva Perón in Otherwise Uneven Revival  The Hollywood Reporter

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28 h. ago Rachel Zegler serenades London from Palladium balcony in Evita

Rachel Zegler serenades London from Palladium balcony in Evita - but not everyone's applauding  Euronews.com

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38 h. ago Evita review at London Palladium: Rachel Zegler is astonishing

Evita review at London Palladium: Rachel Zegler is astonishing  The Stage

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38 h. ago Ignore the haters, Rachel Zegler is an absolute smash in Jamie Lloyd's Evita at London Palladium

The balcony scene is a bravura piece of social commentary from Jamie Lloyd, while Fabian Aloise’s muscular choreography reeks of sex

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39 h. ago Review: Jamie Lloyd’s ‘Evita’ starring Rachel Zegler at the London Palladium

Review: Jamie Lloyd’s ‘Evita’ starring Rachel Zegler at the London Palladium  Time Out

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39 h. ago Review: ‘Evita’ Starring Rachel Zegler at the London Palladium

Review: ‘Evita’ Starring Rachel Zegler at the London Palladium  Time Out

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9 d. ago Everybody’s talking about Jamie Lloyd: the explosive rise of superstar director masterminding Evita

The maverick behind Tom Holland’s Romeo and Nicole Scherzinger’s Sunset Boulevard is now stunning passersby with Rachel Zegler’s Palladium balcony sceneRarely can a balcony have caused such a kerfuffle. But the row about the extramural staging of Don’t Cry for Me Argentina in Evita at the London Palladium is a sign of its director’s increasing celebrity status. Indeed I’m tempted to rephrase a number from an earlier Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical: “Jamie Lloyd Superstar, Do you think you’re what they say you are?” What, in short, does it tell us about our theatrical culture that this puckishly likable director has become a figure famed on both sides of the Atlantic?His beginnings, as a recent Vogue feature pointed out, were relatively modest. He grew up in rural Dorset, was turned on to live theatre by seeing Michael Jackson on tour and attended the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. But, right from the start, there was something there. The first production of his th...

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2 w. ago Don’t cry for me, all you boozers! The trouble with shifting Evita’s big balcony number from stage to street

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch on?In the theatrical tactic “breaking the fourth wall”, characters acknowledge the presence of the audience. As when, in the current National Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, the performers, walking forward, stop in shock at seeing a big room full of strangers.The director Jamie Lloyd, though, is pioneering a technique that might be called breaking the theatre wall. In his revival of Evita, previewing at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler’s Eva Perón sings Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – supposedly delivered from the Casa Rosada presidential balcony in Buenos Aires – from the balcony outside the Palladium, while the audience inside has to settle for a video feed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How to watch Rachel Zegler's performance of Evita from the street

Rachel Zegler has surprised Londoners by performing Evita’s most famous song, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, on a balcony that looks out onto the street outside the London Palladium.

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2 w. ago Evita starts performances tonight at the London Palladium starring Rachel Zegler

Evita starts performances tonight at the London Palladium starring Rachel Zegler  West End Theatre

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