B'way Update: Evita to Transfer

Rachel Zeigler and cast in Evita in London.
Credit: Marc Brenner

Rachel Zeigler (West Side Story film, Romeo and Juliet) will recreate her Olivier Award-winning performance in the title role of Evita on Broadway next spring at a Shubert theater to be announced, but without the controversial balcony rendition of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." In Jamie Lloyd's London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's bio-musical featured Zeigler performing the show's most famous song on a balcony facing the street outside the theater while the audience saw it on a giant screen. Safety concerns were sited as the reason for the change. This minimalist version began life in 2019 in London's Regent Park and then transferred to the West End. 

"I was completely overwhelmed by the incredible response to Evita in London," says Lloyd in a statement. "It is an honor to work with Tim and Andrew, and I’m looking forward to revisiting the production with Rachel, whose stellar performance continues to inspire me. When we started discussing a New York production, it became apparent that our Palladium staging of ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ would not be possible. I am really excited to explore a new idea, made especially for Broadway." Lloyd's production of Much Ado About Nothing will also transfer to Broadway this upcoming season.

"Performing Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s brilliant show in London was a dream come true, but being able to partner once again with Jamie to bring Evita to Broadway is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," adds Zegler. "I can’t wait to perform for my home, New York City."

Evita, the story of the popular second wife of Argentina's president Juan Peron, was initially released as a concept album and then became a full production directed by Harold Prince in London in 1978, later transferring to Broadway and starring Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Madonna starred in the 1996 film version and there was a Broadway revival in 2012.

2025-26 Broadway/Off-Broadway Calendar
Spring 2026
May 3--Lortel Awards (NYU Skirball)
May 4--Pulitzer Prize announced
May 5--Tony Nominations (CBS Good Morning)
May 7--The Receptionist (Second Stage/Signature Center)
May 11--Outer Critics Circle Winners Announced
May 14--Rheology (Playwrights Horizons)
May 15--Drama League Awards (Ziegfeld Ballroom)
May 17--Drama Desk Awards (Town Hall)
May 18--Chita Rivera Awards (NYU Skirball)
May 18--The Emporium (CSC)
May 19--Animal Wisdom (Signature Theater Company)
May 19--Indian Princesses (Atlantic Theater Co.)
May 21--Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony (MMAC Theater)
May 28--: Girls : Chance : Music (Vineyard Theater)

Summer 2026
June 2--Theater World Awards (Venue TBA)
June 4--Girl, Interrupted (Public)
June 7--Tony Awards (Radio City Music Hall/CBS)
June 11--Romeo and Juliet (Delacorte)
June 17--La Cage Aux Folles (Encores!/City Center)
June 24--Birthright (MCC)
July 14--The Whoopi Monologues (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
Bocking (New Group/Theater at St. Clements)

Fall 2026

Sept. 8--School Girls or The African Mean Girls Play (MTC/Friedman) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Oct. 13--The Unbelievers (MTC/City Center)

Nov. 8--Wanted (James Earl Jones)

860 (Shubert theater TBA)

Dreamgirls

The Heart (Roundabout/Laura Pels)

The Imaginary Invalid (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

Jackals (New Group/Theater at St. Clements)

Much Ado About Nothing (Shubert theater TBA; dates TBA)

Winter 2026-27

Dec. 1--Inter Alia (Music Box)

Dec. 6--Galileo: A Rock Musical (Shubert) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Mix and Master (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

The Grief Eater Near North Bender (Roundabout/Laura Pels)

Spring 2027

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Damn Yankees

Evita (Shubert theater TBA)

The Full Monty (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

Montauk (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman)

The Vagina Monologues (Roundabout/Laura Pels)

2026-27
Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo
Private Lives

Future--10 Things I Hate About You; Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death; Beat Street; Black Orpheus; Coal Miner's Daughter; Come Fall in Love--The DDLJ Musical; Crazy Rich Asians; The Devil Wears Prada; Ella: An American Miracle; Eurovision Song Contest; Everybody's Talking About Jamie; Fahrenheit 451; The Fantasticks (Revised Version); Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Musical; Frida, the Musical; Game of Thrones; Get Happy; The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation; High Noon; Imitation of Life; The Interestings; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; The Karate Kid; La La Land; The Mousetrap; Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor; The Nanny; The Normal Heart/The Destiny of Me; Pal Joey; Particle Fever; Purple Rain; The Queen's Gambit; Rear Window; The Secret Garden; Sing Street; Slumdog Millionaire; Soul Train; Studio 54; Waking Ned Devine; Working Girl.

2026-27 Broadway Season Breakdown

New Plays

Inter Alia

Mix and Master

Montauk

New Musicals

Galileo, A Rock Musical

Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo

Wanted

Play Revivals

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Imaginary Invalid

Much Ado About Nothing

Private Lives

School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play

Musical Revivals

Damn Yankees

Dreamgirls

Evita

The Full Monty

Solos/Specialties

860 (Billy Crystal)