Learning Through Theatre: 'Evita' at New York City Center
The most shocking thing about New York City Center's production of Evita isn't the incredible cast and the stunning sets (I've been to NYCC before, their work is always impeccable), it's an offhand comment uttered by the character of Che towards the end of the show. Let me be clear, I've never seen Evita (somehow) and I can't say I know much about Eva Peron either. So when Che says (spoiler alert!) without further explanation, "and her body went missing for 17 years", I was a little taken aback. I had more than a few questions. How does such an important figure's body just disappear? Also, how did I not know this? Granted, I had never seen the show, but I do read. I feel this is something I would have seen in some random article I decided to peruse. Nope - this was definitely news to me. Thankfully, I was able to look into it, as well as lots more about the Perons. (Yay Google!) And I have to say, while Evita the show is beautiful if ...