www.TUTS.com
John C. Breckenridge, President and CEO

Frank M. Young, Founder


Presents

EVITA

May 6 - 18, 2014
 Hobby Center's Sarofim Hall


DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA!  An evening of song and dance in the midst of the fight for Labor Union rights in the revolutionary country of Argentina.  TUTS is delighted to invite you to the of story of EVITA PERON which plays from May 6th - 18th, 2014.  Directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Michael Grandage and choreographed by Tony Award® winner Rob Ashford.  This is the first new Broadway production of the seven-time Tony Award®-winning musical since it debuted on Broadway more than 30 years ago.  Presented at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts located at 800 Bagby, Houston Texas 77002.  Photo by by Richard Termine.
 

 

TUTS PRESENTS THE NATIONAL TOUR

OF TIM RICE’S AND ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S

EVITA

MAY 6 – 18, 2014

 

 
 

MAY 6 - 18, 2014 AT HOBBY CENTER

 

 

(HOUSTON) – Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) invites Houstonians to experience the passion and seduction of the Tony Award®-winning elegant masterpiece EVITA, running May 6 – 18, 2014 at Hobby Center’s Sarofim Hall.

Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her people as a champion for the poor, she became one of the most powerful women in the world — while her greed, outsized ambition and fragile health made her one of the most tragic. EVITA tells Eva's passionate and unforgettable true story, and features some of theatre's most beautiful songs, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "High Flying, Adored."

Directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Michael Grandage and choreographed by Tony Award® winner Rob Ashford, this is the first new Broadway production of the seven-time Tony Award®-winning musical since it debuted on Broadway more than 30 years ago.  The New York Post said “The wait was worth it: packed with memorable tunes, EVITA is a modern masterpiece!”

EVITA stars Caroline Bowman as Eva Peron, Tony Award®-nominee Josh Young as Che and Sean McLaughlin as Juan Peron. The cast also features Christopher Johnstone as Magaldi and Krystina Alabado as the Mistress.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the famed duo who wrote the music and lyrics for EVITA, have long been involved in the musical theatre world.  They are the same creative duo behind the smash hits Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar.  Webber’s other works include Cats, Starlight Express, Sunset Boulevard, Aspects of Love and The Phantom of the Opera.  Webber’s awards include seven Tony Awards®, three Grammy Awards®, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre and the Kennedy Center Honor.  Rice’s other works include Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aida.  Rice has won 12 Ivor Novello Awards, 3 Tony Awards, and 3 Oscar Awards.  Both men have been knighted by HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

Produced by Hal Luftig, Scott Sanders and Troika Entertainment, the creative team includes director Seth Sklar-Heyn, choreographer Chris Bailey, Tony Award®-winning scenic and costume designer Christopher Oram, Tony Award®-winning lighting designer Neil Austin, Olivier Award-winning sound designer Mick Potter, wig and hair designer Richard Mawbey, projection designer Zachary Borovay, and music supervisor Kristen Blodgette, music director/conductor William Waldrop, orchestrations are by Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Cullen, and dance arrangements are by David Chase.

TUTS will offer several special events in conjunction with the show to make for an unforgettable musical experience:

 


DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA!  The truth is I never left you.....All through my wild days.....My mad existence.....I kept my promise.....Don't keep your distance.  This is the first new Broadway production of the seven-time Tony Award®-winning musical since it debuted on Broadway more than 30 years ago.  Presented at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts located at 800 Bagby, Houston Texas 77002.  Photo by by Richard Termine.

Tickets (starting at only $24) are available on-line at TUTS.com, by phone at (713) 558-TUTS (8887), outside the Houston area at (888) 558-3882, or in person at the Theatre Under The Stars Box Office, located at 800 Bagby at Walker, Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Saturday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.  An audio described performance is available Sunday, May 18 at 2 p.m.; open captioning is available Sunday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m.  Hobby Center is wheelchair accessible.  Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more.  Group tickets may be purchased by calling (713) 558-8888 or via email at groupsales@tuts.com.

TUTS’ presentation of EVITA is brought to Houstonians by the generosity of Ballard Exploration Company, Inc., Haynes and Boone, LLP, The Humphreys Foundation, Northwestern Mutual and Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Hickam.
   
Theatre Under The Stars’ 2013-2014 season is generously sponsored by CHI St. Luke's Health. For all of TUTS’ shows, air transportation is provided by United Airlines, the official airline of TUTS. Media sponsors include ABC-13 and Houston Chronicle.  Season support is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Theater District Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Theatre Under The Stars is Houston’s acclaimed nonprofit musical theatre company whose mission is to enrich life through the experience of quality musical theatre and to positively impact lives beyond the stage through innovative education and community engagement programs.  TUTS performs annually in Sarofim Hall and Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center and at Miller Outdoor Theatre.  TUTS was the first theatrical organization in Houston to perform free to the public when it was founded in 1968 at Miller Outdoor Theatre in Hermann Park and is the only Houston arts organization that has performed there free to the public every year since the theatre opened.  Founded by Frank M. Young and currently under the direction of President and CEO John C. Breckenridge and Artistic Director Bruce Lumpkin, TUTS has produced more than 300 musicals including many local, national and world. Through its membership in the Independent Presenters Network, TUTS regularly financially contributes to shows on Broadway, which eventually allows the company to bring the shows to Houston for local audiences to enjoy.

In support of TUTS’ mission, TUTS’ Education & Community Engagement programs provide year-round instruction and stage experience.  The Humphreys School of Musical Theatre offers technique-driven classes for all ability levels and ages.  Through The River Performing and Visual Arts Center, TUTS provides an accessible and inclusive arts education for individuals of all abilities.  TUTS Education & Community Engagement provides extended on-site programming as well as off-site programming for children in schools, hospitals and other community-based sites.  TUTS also annually presents the Tommy Tune Awards, honoring the best and brightest in Houston's high school musical theatre programs.



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DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

It won't be easy
You'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love
After all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see
Is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen
I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window
Staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it too

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

And as for fortune and as for fame
I never invited them in
Though it seemed to the world
They were all I desired
They are illusions
They're not the solutions
They promise to be
The answer was here all the time
I love you and hope you love me

Don't cry for me Argentina
 

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

Have I said to much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you
But all you have to do
Is look at me to know
That every word is true

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