Word: showing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fratto's reaction to opening night was one of both fear and surprise. "I was paralyzed. I was not able to enjoy the show at all. It has gotten successively easier with each night," Fratto says...
...surprise, he says, was that "parts of the show were funny. because we rehearsed so much, the parts that I had directed as funny just weren't anymore. It was pleasant to hear the audience laugh...
Talenti found that what he enjoyed most about the show's premiere was the fact that for the first time he had an audience. "I definitely felt them listening, and that was really nice since most of what I do is directed toward the audience. Talenti says...
...surprisingly, the part of Eva is the musical and emotional center of the show, and Jacqueline Sloan more than lives up to the challenge. From her first appearance as a scheming 15-year-old to her last pain-filled lament while dying of cancer, Sloan dominates the stage. When she finishes the show's signature song, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," the whole audience cheers along with the descamisados. In previous musicals, Sloan has been stuck with absolutely awful scripts and worse supporting casts, but in Evita she at last has the chance to shine...
Pier Carlo Talenti certainly looks the part of Che Guevara, the South American revolutionary who narrates the show, but he's a little short on the cynicism his role requires. It's hard to sing and be sarcastic at the same time, and Talenti has clearly opted for the former. Talenti has a good voice, but Evita asks more of him than vocal skills, and he falls short of the play's demands...