We love a good story and especially if it’s a true one. The best ones tend to be told over and over again in various me- dia, from books to movies to the stage. And the great ones end up being articulated by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
(RE)Introducing Evita WITH CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTONE AS MAGALDI by lisa lipsey Picture a story narrated by Che (Based on Che Guevara, the Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician,
author, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist), as he like a traditional Greek chorus takes us back in time to the point at which Evita Perón’s story begins. We are drawn in as Agustín Magaldi is introduced to Eva Duarte, a flirtatious 15-year-old tango singer. He’s a singer on a travelling circuit just passing through and she was supposed to be a one-night-stand—but not young Eva. Her family and small-town community threaten to expose Magaldi and ruin his career. To avoid trouble, he agrees to take Eva to Buenos Aires where she quickly lands her first job and ultimately becomes a successful stage, radio and film actress. Eva’s appearance is that of a bombshell, with a sort of sex-kitten personality, but in truth she is shrewd, very
smart and a fighter. She also has the good fortune of as a lyric from the show says, “being in the right place at the perfect time.” Forward ten years later, to 1944 (remember true story!) and we have her first encounter with Colonel Juan Perón, the two meet at a charity event to benefit victims of an earthquake that devastated the town of San Juan, Argentina. The two marry the following year and in 1946, with her support, Perón is elected President of Argentina.
Over the next six years, Eva becomes a powerful force within the trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also runs the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, championed women’s suffrage in Argentina, traveled Europe as a diplomat and founded the na-
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