Rachel Zegler is currently SLAYING lives and belting for the gods in Evita on the West End — like full-on giving Tony Award vibes across the Atlantic. But if you thought she was hopping on a Delta flight and bringing it to Broadway tomorrow… LOL, think again, sweetie.
Turns out, the Evita Broadway transfer is on ice until 2027. Yes, 2027. As in, we’ll probably have holographic concerts and flying Uber helicopters by then. Why the wait? Buckle up because the behind-the-scenes scheduling is giving “group project but everyone’s too famous.”
First off, Evita is being directed by Jamie Lloyd, aka the man who just directed Nicole Scherzinger into a Tony Award for Sunset Boulevard by turning her into a gothic vampiric scream queen. And now he’s doing Evita, and let’s just say: it’s giving trauma, it’s giving spectacle, it’s giving slap-me-with-a-fascist-flag-and-call-me-Evita. Rachel’s performance is so powerful one of the scenes already went viral in the UK and had people gasping like it was Beyoncé doing Shakespeare.
BUT HERE’S WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS YET:
🧀 Andrew Lloyd Webber, the guy who invented cats (the musical, not the animal), is busy reviving Cats: The Jellicle Ball — which apparently popped off Off-Broadway like it was Studio 54 in fur.
♟️ Meanwhile, Tim Rice (a.k.a. the lyrics wizard) is busy reviving Chess, starring Lea Michele, who will likely have to learn how to read music and actual chess moves. Queen’s Gambit: the musical edition?
🎤 And plot twist: Rachel herself might be running through the Alps singing “Do-Re-Mi” as Maria in a Sound of Music Broadway revival, so like… how is she supposed to be Eva Perón and a nun-in-training? She’s only got one set of vocal cords, babes.
Also, director Jamie is juggling so many theater projects that his Google Calendar is probably a war zone. Everyone involved is booked, busy, and thriving.
Producer Michael Harrison told IconicHipster.com, and I quote (but like, with extra sass):
“Let us live, darling. We’re still in previews, we just did a matinee, and I haven’t slept since March. We’ll think about Broadway when I can finally blink again.”
So moral of the story: Evita is coming. Rachel is coming. Broadway is coming. But not until 2027. Until then, catch her in London or manifest yourself a time machine.
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