Evita follows the story of Eva Peron as she journeys from her small town to her greatest moment and then to her eventual, and tragic, death from cancer. The newsreel of her death at the beginning of the musical is both haunting and emotional. And this emotional start for the musical really does set the pace for the rest of the show.

I’m not really sure how to critique this version of Evita as I’ve never seen the musical before nor any movie production so I had nothing to compare it to. However I was glad to have read a little of Eva Peron’s biography as it made interpreting what was going on on stage that much easier. I get the feeling that a two hour musical is never going to quite capture the true spirit of Eva Peron and the true impact that she had on so many people’s lives in the short period she was with us.

Overall I quite enjoyed the musical. The music was great and the set well produced. The only disappointment of the night was not getting a look in at Elena Rogers as Eva, though her understudy seemed to come across fairly well.