Evita

Cast Highlights

Act One

• A Cinema in Buenos Aires July 26, 1952 .... Company
• Requiem for Evita .... Company
• Oh What a Circus .... Che, Company
• On This Night of a Thousand Stars .... Magaldi
• Eva Beware of the City .... Magaldi, Eva, Family
• Buenos Aires .... Eva, Dancers
• Goodnight and Thank You .... Che, Eva, Lovers
• The Art of the Possible .... Peron, Eva,, Colonels
• Charity Concert .... Company
• I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You .... Eva, Peron
• Another Suitcase in Another Hall .... Peron's Mistress
• Peron's Latest Flame .... Che, Eva, Company
• A New Argentina .... Eva, Peron, Che, Company

Act Two

• Entr'acte .... Orchestra
• On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada .... Peron, Che, Company
• Don't Cry for Me Argentina .... Eva
• High Flying Adored .... Che, Eva
• Rainbow High .... Eva, Dressers
• Rainbow Tour .... Che, Eva, Peron, Peronists
• The Actress Hasn't Learned (The lines you'd like to hear) .... Eva, Che, Company
• And the Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) .... Che, Company
• Santa Evita .... Children, Workers
• Waltz for Eva and Che .... Eva, Che
• She Is a Diamond .... Peron, Officers
• Dice Are Rolling .... Peron, Eva
• Eva's Final Broadcast .... Eva, Che
• Montage .... Company
• Lament .... Eva, Che

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

The role of Evita was a much-coveted role. The show was hyped in the United States after its monstrous success in London. Because of the hype, several big-name stars were looked at for the title role. They included: Barbra Streisand, Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep, Faye Dunaway and Raquel Welch.

Main Run

• Broadway Theatre (New York, NY)
  9/25/1979 - 6/26/1983

Tryout Dates

• Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Los Angeles, CA)
  5/8/1979 - 7/7/1979 [Preview on May 6.]
• Orpheum Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
  7/17/1979 - 9/1/1979

Commercial Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (1979)

Private Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (Opening Night) (9/25/1979)
  Bob Gunton , Patti LuPone , Mandy Patinkin , Jane Ohringer , Mark Syers
• Original Broadway Cast with Eva alternate (10/27/1979)
  John Leslie Wolfe , Nancy Wood , John Yost , Megan Forste , Bridget Francis
• Original Broadway Cast (1980)
  Bob Gunton , Patti LuPone , Mandy Patinkin , Jane Ohringer , Mark Syers

Private Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (1980)
  Bob Gunton, Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Jane Ohringer, Mark Syers
• Broadway Replacement Cast (10/20/1980)
  Patti LuPone, James Stein, David Cryer