I was thrilled to have the opportunity to see this show on stage, and even more so when I realized how few professional productions there are of it! My mom and her friend Shelley were also along for this one!

What I remember best about this night, however, is the fact that we got there about 5 minutes before curtain, so I didn't even have time to change and had to go see the show in my t-shirt and jeans. I was mortified. :-)

However, I loved the show. I had mixed feelings about the recording before I went. I mean, the music was wonderful, but I didn't really get caught up in the emotion of the story just by listening to it. But once I saw it on stage, that all changed. The staging was wonderful. I especially liked the character of Che...how he was there, but he wasn't really there. Does that make any sense? :-)

I didn't write a review of it immediately after I saw it, so my memories are a little fuzzy, but I do remember that my favourite scenes were "Oh, What a Circus" (Che's sarcasm was great), "Goodnight and Thank You" (that was absolutely hilarious...the revolving door was a great touch!), "Peron's Latest Flame" (I LOVED the choreography, the way the aristocracy and the army went around the stage), "High Flying, Adored" (quite simply the most touching song, as far as I'm concerned!), and the Lament and Montage. "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" was also fabulous!! The whole show was over so quickly!! I hope to see another production before too long.

The cast:

Eva Peron DONNA MARIE ASBURY
Che Guevera DANIEL C. COONEY
Juan Peron DAVID BRUMMEL
Augustin Magaldi FRANK MASTRONE
Peron's Mistress ELISA SAGARDIA
Tango Couple DAVID ROBERTS
TARA TYRRELL
The Company NEIL BADDERS
MICHAEL BIONDI
SCOTT BLANKS
RICHARD BYRON
THOMAS E. CUNNINGHAM
MARK DOVEY
HOLLY EVERS
WILLIAM GILINSKY
SCOTT HAYWARD
TITO HERNANDEZ
RUSS JONES
R. KIM JORDAN
KELLI KRUGER
SHERRY LEE
LINDA MILANI
DAVID ROBERTS
WILLIAM SCHUTTE
ANNA SIMONELLI
CALVIN SMITH
SUSAN SPENCER
LAUREN THOMPSON
TARA TYRRELL
ANDREW VARELA


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