Andrew Lloyd Webber: Rachel Zegler’s stage musical debut reminds me of Julie Andrews

Welcome to this special bonus episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast!

As we put out our main episode two days early (go back and give it a listen!) – here’s something to take you through the weekend. In what is our last episode on Evita for a while (we promise), we sit down with star Rachel Zegler and team behind the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita at The London Palladium. They spill the beans on that infamous balcony scene, the chance to revitalise classic musicals for new audiences, that staggering choreography, Zegler’s incredible performance and what the future might hold for the show…

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Chief critic Sarah Crompton and regular co-host and editor-in-chief Alex Wood present a weekly series on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future.

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