Rachel Zegler played Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd's revival of the Lloyd Webber and Rice musical Evita at the London Palladium.
Rachel Zegler, a Golden Globe winner, played Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s Evita at The London Palladium in the West End from Saturday 14 June to Saturday 6 September 2025.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice began Evita as a concept album in 1976. It tells the story of Eva Duarte, a girl from Junín who rose from poverty to marry Argentina’s president, Juan Perón. The musical is sung through, with Che as its narrator.
The stage version opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on 21 June 1978 and won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. A year later on Broadway, it became the first British musical to win the Tony Award for Best Musical.
Its score includes “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” and the Oscar-winning “You Must Love Me”.
Lloyd’s production was the musical’s fourth West End revival. Zegler won her Golden Globe for West Side Story. Michael Harrison produced it for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and The Jamie Lloyd Company.
Diego Andres Rodriguez made his West End debut as Che, and James Olivas played Juan Perón. Bella Brown, the company’s alternate Eva, played the role on four Mondays in July and August.