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Evita opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on 21 June 1978 and closed on 8 February 1986, after 3,176 performances. [21] Elaine Paige played Eva with David Essex as Che, Joss Ackland as Perón, Mark Ryan (actor) as Magaldi and Siobhán McCarthy as Mistress. [22] Paige was selected from among many hopefuls, after Julie Covington declined the role.
Elaine Jill Paige OBE (née Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) [1] is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire , Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School , making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16.
Marti Webb, who succeeded Elaine Paige in the original London production of Evita, covered the song on her album Won't Change Places, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1981, and also included it in 1995 on the album, Music and Songs from Evita. AllMusic's Joe Francis complimented the recording. [175]
English singer Elaine Paige recorded the song for her 1983 album Stages. [46] Sarah Brightman, who was married to Webber from 1984 to 1990, included the song on her album The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection. [47] Marti Webb's version of the song was included in the 1995 album Music & Songs From Evita. [48]
As with Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita was released first as a concept album (1976) featuring Julie Covington singing the part of Eva Perón. The song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" became a hit single and the musical was staged at the West End's Prince Edward Theatre in a production directed by Harold Prince and starring Elaine Paige in the title ...
Evita is a 1996 American biographical musical drama film based on the 1976 concept album of the same name produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, which also inspired a 1978 musical. The film depicts the life of Eva Perón , detailing her beginnings, rise to fame, political career and death at the age of 33.
Later offered the opportunity to originate the role in the stage production of Evita, she declined, which led to Elaine Paige being cast. [8] Speaking in 1985, Covington expressed some regret at this decision, but explained that she did not like Eva Perón and that without some positive feeling for the person she preferred to turn the role down ...
Elaine Paige is the second solo album from Elaine Paige, released in 1981. [1] The album charted at no. 56 in May 1982 [2] and was re-issued on CD in 1995 by Warner Music. The recording was produced by Tim Rice and Andrew Powell. Paige had met Rice when she was cast as Eva Perón in the original stage production of his musical Evita in 1978. He ...