Life’s an ocean with too much commotion

Today I went to see Evita in the Chassé Theater in Breda with my girlfriend. It’s a musical about the life of Eva Perón, a girl that found her way from the street to the presidential suite in Argentina and died at age 33. It was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who also wrote musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, …

It’s the best musical I’ve ever seen! I really wanted to go because I like the music much and I find Evita’s life interesting and intriguing. It was played on a very high level, something I’ve never seen before. You could easily follow the story, enjoy the music and watch the beautiful dances and acts. The decors were sober but very stylish and there were not too many people on the stage (I find it often too overwhelming when too much people are on the stage, you can only focus on one or two people, mostly the main actors, so you have to go at least two or three times to experience all acts).

Evita was played by Brigitte Heitzer, who was chosen by the Dutch people in a live TV show “Wie wordt de nieuwe Evita”. I think Brigitte’s part did a lot to the musical, she’s a great singer and some of the songs were very difficult. She even said in an interview that she thought Lloyd was a women-hater because of his difficult songs. They had to rewrite some songs for the movie (released in 1996) because Madonna couldn’t sing them, so it says enough.

I like the Chassé Theater in Breda because there’s enough room to relax and enjoy the musical without being overwhelmed by people walking inside and outside the theater and without endlessly queuing at the bar waiting for a drink. It’s very stylish decorated and the seets are very well placed in the theater.

I don’t regret I went to see the musical and I would definitely go see it a second time!