New Jersey Stage 2016: Issue 9 | Page 60

On Stage: Theatre Evita Skyline Theatre Company - 10-10 20th Street, Fair Lawn Andrew Lloyd Webber’s compelling musical told through a dazzling score that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and jazz influences, Evita creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the woman herself. Eva Peron was driven by ambition and blessed with charisma. She was a starlet at 22, the president’s mistress at NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 9 24, First Lady of Argentina at 27, and dead at 33. Eva Peron ‘saint to the working-class, was destined to leave a fascinating political legacy in the 20th century. Directed by Sam Scalamoni, the Skyline Theatre Company presents Evita on Friday September 30th @ 7:30pm Saturday October 1st @ 7:30 Sunday October 2nd @ 2pm INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 60