Evita (City Center)

What’s new, Buenos Aires? Nothing much since Broadway is dark through 2021, but we’re here to talk about the new(est) Evita revival from City Center with a few tangents into insecticide, Isabel Peron, Attila the Hun, Lauren Bacall, and insecticide. -- If you’ve never listened to The Lady’s Got Potential, Patrick Flynn from The Original Cast podcast has a great primer: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/13648631 For the record, Christine watched By Jeeves when it aired on The Shows Must Go On and rather enjoyed it. Sir Tim Rice’s podcast: https://getontomycloud.podbean.com/ The Grass is Always Greener is a hilarious song from Woman of the Year performed by Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Cooper: https://youtu.be/aP7maJavkQE The song from Smash is the Twentieth Century Fox Mambo (not Fox Trot), but this is how Christine imagines Rainbow High should be staged: https://youtu.be/sUbS8uWEj5c Patti LuPone does not hold back when talking about President Trump (https://youtu.be/XwIrm3Kawkk), which is ironic considering that Evita is Trump's favorite musical (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-loves-evita-presidency/story?id=59350378). At the time of recording, Betty Buckley had just urged ALW to stop Trump from using Memory at rallies (https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Betty-Buckley-Calls-on-Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-to-Take-Legal-Action-Against-the-Trump-Campaign-For-Using-Memory-From-CATS-at-Rallies-20200621), but just recently we found out that ALW actually did (https://pagesix.com/2020/07/13/andrew-lloyd-webbers-team-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-donald-trump/). You can watch Patti LuPone perform A New Argentina in a silk robe on the 1980 Tony Awards: https://youtu.be/F9m4SfNHWVg If you want more about Evita, we recommend checking out Seth Rudetsky's deconstruction of Buenos Aires (https://youtu.be/59FSM9UT7NQ) or Scott Miller's in-depth analysis (http://www.newlinetheatre.com/evitachapter.html). Some music used from City Center clips from Broadway.com (https://youtu.be/9UTmwFwZ3rk) and TheaterMania (https://youtu.be/MkzTthyQ1to), which also show some of the staging we talked about. Original Concept Album Apple Music: https://apple.co/2CCCWEo Spotify: https://spoti.fi/32h266s Original Broadway Cast Recording Apple Music: https://apple.co/3iXIQRg Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2CykblC Motion Picture Soundtrack Apple Music: https://apple.co/3fBtlN2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZuY7Bj -- Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BottomlessBway or email us at [email protected]!