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...play shows every side of Evita, the innocence, her fame and her infamy. The faltering direction of Evita's life becomes intimately tied to the decline of an Argentina blinded by idolworship of this actress/politician, a scenario frighteningly similar to America's love affair with Ronald Reagan...
...music: Of course, "Don't Cry for me Argentina" is good, even great. Everyone knows the Iyrics--enough. But the rest of the score? It's relatively weak, with only one other song, "High Flying, Adored," escaping the jaded confines of the musical and reaching into the otherworldly...
Evita also seems to fall short of the usual number of original and memorable melodies we expect from Webber and Rice. All of the melodies are repeated at least once, some as many as three times. Webber relies too heavily on "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," which opens both acts and also closes the show...
...Possible" is impressive, beginning slowly with five military officers sitting in rocking chairs, singing. They then stand up, remove a chair and proceed to play musical chair. The point of the game: The man left standing is forced to leave the room, and thus symbolically relinquishes power over Argentina. The remaining men sit and the tempo of the song increases slightly. This charade continues until Juan Peron is the only one left and becomes the leader...
...nauseatingly high-pitched chorus of "Requiem Evita" (which sounds amazingly like Webber's own Requiem). We empathize with Evita's triumphs as she passes through the turbulent trials of her life. In a strange sense, we even admire Evita's fortitude despite our disgust at her betrayals of Argentina. This duality of feeling toward Evita is precisely what Webber wants us to experience...