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Category : "Kathryn Evans"
Kathryn Evans
January 12, 2009 03:48 PM
Kathryn Evans in Sunset Boulevard
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Kathryn Evans is no stranger either to the West End or to musical theater, but the alumna of Evita, Mack and Mabel, and Anything Goes, among very many other titles, has surely never had as demanding an assignment as she is currently facing at the Comedy Theatre in Sunset Boulevard. Evans, who was the last West End Eva Peron in director Hal Prince's original staging, is now playing Norma Desmond—she of the outsized ego and misplaced dreams. She stars in an entirely fresh take on the show from director/choreographer Craig Revel Horwood that finds the cast—all except Evans's Norma—doubling as musicians: think of it as the John Doyle aesthetic minus John Doyle (though very much with his Tony-winning musical arranger, Sarah Travis, in tow). A different physical set—the designer is Diego Pitarch—allows for a focus on character, not hydraulics, and puts center stage a veteran performer at the top of her game. What follows are Evans' thoughts on playing, perhaps, the most extreme of actresses and on a career that, with this show, is marking its own, very real comeback. ...
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