{"id":856865,"date":"2026-09-22T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/856865\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:12:12","slug":"evita-on-broadway-diego-rodriguez-james-olivas-join-rachel-zegler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/856865\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Evita’ on Broadway: Diego Rodriguez, James Olivas Join Rachel Zegler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDiego Rodriguez and James Olivas will star alongside Rachel Zegler<\/a> in \u201cEvita<\/a>,\u201d which opens on Broadway next spring. <\/p>\n

\n\tRodriguez and Olivas are reprising their roles as Che and Juan Per\u00f3n, respectively, from last summer\u2019s acclaimed West End production. As previously announced, Zegler is reprising her Olivier Award-winning role as Argentinian first lady Eva Per\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

\n\tDirector Jamie Lloyd\u2019s revival of the hit rock opera musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, was a massive hit last year in London. The musical follows the rags-to-riches story of Per\u00f3n and features songs like \u201cDon\u2019t Cry for Me, Argentina,\u201d \u201cOh What A Circus\u201d and \u201cAnother Suitcase in Another Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRodriguez is returning to Broadway after his turn in Lloyd\u2019s popular \u201cSunset Boulevard\u201d revival, starring Nicole Scherzinger. Olivas is making his Broadway debut in this production.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther cast members in \u201cEvita\u201d will include Bella Brown, who is transferring to Broadway as The Mistress and the alternate Eva Per\u00f3n, and \u00c1ngel Lozada as Agust\u00edn Magaldi. The ensemble will feature Giuseppe Bausilio, Mely Berdion, Brandon Borkowsky, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Grace Conrad, Christian Jes\u00fas Galvis, Tommy Gedrich, Sydney Jones, Natasha Leaver, Maggie Likcani, Mireia Mambo, Sebastian Martinez, Justice Moore, Pepe Mu\u00f1oz, Julio Rey, Ken San Jose, Victor Carrillo Tracey, Damani Van Rensalier and J\u2019Kobe Wallace. Swings for this production are Alexis Hasbrouck, AK Naderer, Regine Sophia, Francisco Thurston, Bryce Valle and Michael Bryan Wang.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEvita\u201d originally debuted in London\u2019s West End in 1978 starring Elaine Paige, and it transferred to Broadway in 1979 led by Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. It has been revived several times on Broadway and the West End over the years and was adapted into a 1996 film starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEvita\u201d will play at the Winter Garden Theater after Lloyd\u2019s adaptation of \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing\u201d plays a 10-week engagement at the same venue starting on Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

\n\tLloyd previously revealed he is making one major change from the West End production of \u201cEvita.\u201d In London, Zegler sang \u201cDon\u2019t Cry for Me, Argentina\u201d outside, from the balcony of the theater<\/a>, which was then projected on a screen inside the venue for ticket buyers. For logistic reasons, they won\u2019t be replicating the iconic sequence.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen we started discussing a New York production, it became apparent that our Palladium staging of \u2018Don\u2019t Cry for Me Argentina\u2019 would not be possible,\u201d Lloyd said when it was announced that \u201cEvita\u201d would transfer to Broadway<\/a>. \u201cI am really excited to explore a new idea, made especially for Broadway.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diego Rodriguez and James Olivas will star alongside Rachel Zegler in \u201cEvita,\u201d which opens on Broadway next spring.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,266511,30374],"class_list":["post-856865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-evita","tag-rachel-zegler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}