The London Palladium Theatre hosted the premiere of the cult musical “Evita” by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The main part – Eva Peron – was performed by the same disastrous and massively hated dark-skinned “Snow White” Rachel Zegler.
The key moment of the new production by British director Jamie Lloyd was one of the most popular numbers of the musical – Evita’s aria Don’t Cry For Me Argentina. Zegler sang this aria, going out onto the balcony of the theater, giving the opportunity to hear a fragment of the musical to those who did not buy a ticket. At that moment, the audience in the hall was shown an image from the balcony on a large screen. A crowd gathered near the theater, each member of which was filming what was happening on a mobile phone. Clips of the musical have flooded social media and YouTube. Users are enthusiastically reacting to this performance, even those who did not like Zegler as Snow White.
“I was lucky enough to see this show last night and it was amazing”, “Thank you for the opportunity to see this scene”, “This is the only way to make up for the Hollywood movie fiasco”, “She is beautiful and sounds great”, “This is incredible”, “A truly amazing performance”, “Magical for people who were just passing by to see part of the show”, “Zegler is certainly controversial and seems to have a lot of haters. But there is no denying that she is phenomenally talented,” write users.
Many of those planning to visit London are asking what time approximately she comes out on the balcony of the theater, since the play will be in London for 12 weeks. Zegler will sing in all but four shows – two each in July and August. Bella Brown will be singing Evita in these four performances.
“Sorry, are you telling me I paid £350 for 2 tickets and she’s singing the biggest number outside for people who haven’t paid?” one viewer told The Guardian.
“For theatregoers to see the most iconic song in a musical on screen when they’ve probably been waiting all night for it is just sad… it’s a marketing strategy at the expense of the audience,” “I would be so annoyed if I paid at least £100 for a ticket knowing she’s singing the biggest number outside for drunks and tourists when I should be watching it on screen,” one viewer fumed.
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