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Category : "Elena Roger"
Elena Roger
November 10, 2008 12:41 PM
Elena Roger
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Elena Roger is fast becoming a West End fixture, and not before time given the powerhouse talent packed into the Argentinian actress-singer-dancer's petite frame. Two years ago, she wowed London as Eva Peron in the Michael Grandage revival of Evita, incarnating the potential cliché of an overnight sensation. Within weeks of that production closing, Roger segued to the ensemble of Boeing-Boeing, playing the Italian stewardess, Gabriella, alongside Rhea Perlman and Neil Stuke. Then, this past summer, she made her debut at Grandage's home base, the Donmar, in a revival of the Pam Gems play Piaf, embodying the doomed Parisian chanteuse with a bravura that brought a sometimes diffident London theatergoing public instantly to its feet. Jamie Lloyd's fleet, smart revival has now transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre, minutes away from Roger's erstwhile Evita home at the Adelphi, where Roger took time to reflect on her new theatrical home, the particular rigors of this role and a sky rocketing career that shows no sign of coming down to earth anytime soon. ...
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