Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita opened at the Broadway Theatre September 25, 1979. The musical would go on to run for 1,567 performances. Patti LuPone starred as Eva Peron, with Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, the quasi-narrator of the musical.
The musical defied mixed reviews and received 11 Tony Award nominations. LuPone and Patinkin won Tonys for their roles, and Harold Prince won for Best Direction of a Musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice received Tonys for the score and book, and the show took home the top honor of Best Musical.
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Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin in rehearsal for Evita
Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, and Bob Gunton in rehearsals for Evita
Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, and Hal Prince
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Patti LuPone and Bob Gunton
Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone
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Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone
Mark Syers, Patti LuPone, and Mandy Patinkin
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Patti LuPone and cast
Patti LuPone
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Patti LuPone
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Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone, Bob Gunton, and Mandy Patinkin
Patti LuPone and cast
Bob Gunton and Patti LuPone
Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone and
Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone and Bob Gunton in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone in Evita
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Patti LuPone in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone, with Bob Gunton, in Evita on Broadway (1979)
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Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin in Evita
Mandy Patinkin in Evita
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Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin in Evita
Mandy Patinkin in Evita
Bob Gunton and Mandy Patinkin in Evita
Mandy Patinkin and Jane Ohringer in Evita
Patti LuPone in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone and Bob Gunton in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone in Evita on Broadway (1979)
LuPone and company in Evita on Broadway (1979)
Patti LuPone in Evita
Photo by Martha Swope
Mandy Patinkin, Bob Gunton and cast in Evita
