Don't Cry for Me

EVITA

Adelphi Theatre June 2nd
Box Office: 0870 895 5598
www.evitathemusical.com

EVITA, one of the world's greatest musicals, has  returns to London's West End . Directed by the award-winning Michael Grandage and featuring lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the brand new production of the smash-hit stage show has its Press Night at the Adelphi Theatre on June 21st.

"I am delighted to welcome Michael Grandage and his team to the show which was the pinnacle of my collaboration with Tim Rice” says Andrew Lloyd Webber “and it promises to be an exciting summer."
Michael Grandage is the artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse. His most recent work includes the critically acclaimed 'The Wild Duck', 'Guys and Dolls' and his Olivier nominated production of 'Don Carlos'. Working with Michael Grandage are an impressive creative team and cast including the exciting Argentinean discovery Elena Roger as Eva, Philip Quast as Peron and Matt Rawle as Che.

"EVITA is such a rich musical that Michael Grandage's new production can show a different side to Hal Prince's ground-breaking original,” says producer André Ptaszynski. “We are bringing colour, dance and a new Argentina to London audiences."

EVITA is based on the life and times of Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine dictator Juan Perón. It chronicles her life as Argentina's most complex and powerful figure, against a backdrop of political unrest, until her tragic death of cancer in 1952.EVITA features many classic songs including 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' and 'Another Suitcase in Another Hall'. This new production will also feature the Oscar winning 'You Must Love Me' for the first time ever on stage. Written especially for Alan Parker's 1996 film adaptation starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas, it became a Top Ten single immediately on release that year.