Word: eva
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sloan says that she came to realize that Eva, even if she was often cruel and manipulative, was also subject to a wide range of human emotions...
...last weekend, with the HRDC's premiere of "Evita," the story of Argentinian states woman Eva Peron, that all changed. After its first four performances, the show, which tells the tale of the woman who rose to great power from destitute beginnings, is already sold out for its final showings this weekend. In fact, says Co-Producer Timothy J. Corbett '89, the show is also the first show in at least two years to make money at the Loeb Mainstage...
...real character. She's really mean, but really genuine," says Sloan, speaking of Eva. "She's really loves jewels but she really wants to help the poor and she considers herself one of them," she says...
...instance, Fratto says, Jacqueline H. Sloan '90, who plays Eva, has "a magic quality about her presence that made her perfect for this role. whereas someone else may have more power in the higher registers...
COMPOSER Andrew Lloyd Webber has a knack for turning the most unlikely subjects into inexplicably successful rock/pop operas. Jesus Christ, T.S. Eliot's cats, roller-skating trains, the Phantom of the Opera. And Argentine actress/first lady Eva Peron. Adam Fratto, who directed last year's Lowell House opera, bucks convention by having a rock ensemble, instead of the traditional string orchestra, play the rock-inspired score. Why has no one thought of this before...