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The Tennessee Performing Arts Center production is directed by Matt Logan.
New production photos have been released of Eden Espinosa (Wicked) and Tony winner Anthony Crivello (Kiss of the Spiderwoman), who currently star in a new production of Evita at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall in Nashville. Performances are set to run throguh September 18. The production is being produced locally in a historic partnership with Nashville-area theater company Studio Tenn, led by Matt Logan and Jake Speck.
Crivello, who made his Broadway debut as Che in the original Broadway production of Evita, takes on the role of Juan Perón in the Studio Tenn production opposite Espinosa (a former Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked), who stars in the title role. The cast will also include Broadway veteran Ben Crawford (Big Fish) as Che, René Millán (The Wild Party) as Magaldi, and Nashville singer Mia Rose Lynne as the Mistress.
Featuring a Tony-winning score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and a Tony-winning book by Rice, Evita tells the life story of Eva Perón, who captivated Argentina as the country's first lady.