Evita

1978 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

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Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Tim Rice
Book: Tim Rice
Basis: The life of Eva Perón
Premiere: 21 June 1978: Prince Edward Theatre , London
Productions: 1978 West End 1979 Broadway 2006 West End revival 2012 Broadway revival 2014 West End revival 2017 West End revival 2025 West End revival
Awards: Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score

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Official website: www.andrewlloydwebber.com/show/evita

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Commons category: Evita (musical)
end time: 2013-00-00
date of first performance: 1978-00-00

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Evita is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It covers the early life, rise to power, charity work, controversies and death of the Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of the Argentine president Juan Perón.

The musical began as a rock opera concept album released in 1976. Its success led to productions in London's West End in 1978, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical, and on Broadway a year later, where it was the first British musical to receive the Tony Award for Best Musical.