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The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
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Tim Rice
English lyricist and author (born 1944)
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English songwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita; Chess ; Aida ; and, for Disney,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
English theatre composer (born 1948)
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Musical theatre
Stage work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Evita (musical)
1978 musical by Lloyd Webber and Rice
Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The story follows Evita's early life, rise to power, charity work, controversies,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Eva Perón
Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)
María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Prince Edward Theatre
West End theatre in London
The Prince Edward Theatre is a West End theatre situated on Old Compton Street, just north of Leicester Square, in the City of Westminster, London.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,945,309 in 2023. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)