Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) has just been announced as the lead in the West Ends’s upcoming production of Evita. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the show will open at the London Palladium this summer. Rachel will play Eva Perón in the musical and it will mark her West End debut.
When asked about the casting both Zegler and director Jamie Lloyd have made statements.
Rachel Zegler said in a statement: “Evita has been such an important musical to me since I was a little girl, when my dad and I would sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” together on my back patio. The opportunity to bring Jamie Lloyd’s singular, visionary ideas to life onstage is an honour unlike any other. The stage has always felt like home to me, and I can’t wait to make my West End debut in such great company.”
Jamie Lloyd said: “I am so excited to be collaborating with the brilliant Rachel Zegler on Evita. She is a phenomenal talent, and I am delighted she will be making her West End debut as the iconic Eva Perón.”
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Rachel has most recently starred in the Broadway production of Romeo & Juliet at Circle in the Square in New York. Her film credits include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes. Also most recently the live-action remake of Snow White, in which she played the title role. She also won a Golden Globe for her performance as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.
She is set to star in the upcoming West End animated film Spellbound. The move features music and lyrics by Alan Menken (Disney’s Hercules) and Glenn Slater (Clueless The Musical).
Jamie Lloyd’s most recent productions include Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical played at the Savoy Theatre last year and is now running on Broadway. He has also just directed a Shakespeare season at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Tempest with Sigourney Weaver closed earlier on this year and was replaced by his production of Much Ado About Nothing. Much Ado is currently playing at Drury Lane, starring Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell
Evita will run at the London Palladium from 14 June to 6 September 2025.
