New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Masterworks Broadway) MASTERWORKS BROADWAY is pleased to announce that the New Broadway Cast Recording of Evita hasdebuted at #1 on Billboard's Cast Album chart. Produced by
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright with Tim Rice as Executive Producer, this is the first complete English language stage recording of the show since the original 1979 Broadway cast album.
With the new release also featuring a special bonus track of "No Llores por Mi Argentina" (the Spanish language version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"), the New Broadway Cast Recording of Evita is also being embraced by Latin music fans around the world - even charting at #1 in iTunes soundtrack sales in Argentina.
Producers Hal Luftigand Scott Sanderspresent the first new production of the seven-time Tony Award-winning Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webbermusical EVITA, since it debuted on Broadway over 30 years ago. The production stars Grammy-winning international pop icon Ricky Martinas Che, Olivier Award-winning Argentinean actress Elena Rogermaking her Broadway debut as Eva Peron—a role that earned her critical acclaim in the 2006 production in London's West End—and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerverisas Juan Peron. The cast also features Max von Essenas Magaldi and Rachel Potteras the Mistress. Directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Michael Grandageand choreographed by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford, EVITA opened April 5, 2012 at The Marquis Theatre to rave reviews.
The creative team includes Tony Award-winning Scenic and Costume Designer
Christopher Oram(Red), Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer Neil Austin(Red), Olivier Award-winning Sound Designer Mick Potter(Woman In White), Wig and Hair Designer Richard Mawbey(Frost/Nixon), Projection Designer Zachary Borovay(Rock of Ages), and
Music Supervisor/Director Kristen Blodgette(The Phantom of the Opera), Orchestrations are by Andrew
Lloyd Webberand
David Cullen(Sunset Boulevard), and dance arrangements are by
David Chase(Billy Elliot).
EVITA tells Eva Peron's passionate and tragic story through Tim Riceand Andrew
Lloyd Webber's most dazzling and beloved score, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "High Flying Adored," together with "You Must Love Me," the Oscar-winning hit from the film EVITA.
After researching the life of Eva Peron for many years, Tim Riceand Andrew
Lloyd Webberreleased EVITA in 1976 as a concept album with
Julie Covington as Evita and it became a world-wide hit. Soon after, the production debuted on stage in London's West End starring Elaine Paige and directed by Hal Prince. The production transferred to Broadway and opened in 1979 starring Patti LuPone, who went on to win one of the seven 1980 Tony Awards the show earned. A major 1996 film of the musical was made starring
Madonna as Evita and Antonio Banderas as Che. Michael Grandage's production of EVITA, which opened in 2006, took London by storm and garnered critical acclaim for the show and its leading lady, Elena Roger.
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