The great Argentine heroine, Eva Peron, is dubbed Santa Evita, or Saint Evita, by her supporters.
It was her second Tony after winning her first award in 1980 for playing Eva Peron in Evita.
And as he arrived for the premiere of "Evita, " Parker realized he wasn't the only one that felt that way.
There Evita lies embalmed beneath tonnes of reinforced concrete - dumped there to protect her from crazed body snatchers and desecrators.
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Before then, Grandage will direct Evita on Broadway, followed by the Marriage of Figaro at Glyndebourne, and Red in Los Angeles.
And the show itself, which entered with 10 Tony nods, topped "Evita, " "Follies" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" to win best revival of a musical.
Evita's mythological status comes from a combination of factors, historian Felipe Pigna said, dating back to the disappearance of her cadaver during the country's military dictatorship.
In Buenos Aires Thursday, tourists streamed into to a museum commemorating Evita's life, visiting a building that was once a shelter for children run by Peron's foundation.
From rock music, Sobern moved on to musicals, bringing the U.S. touring companies of The Who's Tommy, Man of La Mancha and Evita to Mexico City between 1993 and 1995.
If you want escape the noise, read (and then visit) "The Recoleta Cemetery: Silent theatre and city of the dead" by Mr. McGarvey , about the quiet terminus of luminaries like Evita herself.
Eva Peron -- better known by her nickname, Evita -- will be on new 100-peso bills released into circulation in the coming weeks, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced Wednesday.
It is not known how long Broadway's lights will stay out as the densely-populated city awaits the arrival of the storm, with productions of Evita, Mary Poppins and Chicago affected, along with several off-Broadway plays.
She has also captured the interest of people beyond Argentina's borders, many of whom know her story from the 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Evita" and its 1996 movie adaptation, which starred Madonna and Antonio Banderas.
"Evita, " which opens Christmas Day, is a screen opera about the life of Eva Peron, the daughter of a poor farmer who rose to power as the first lady of Argentina's President Juan Peron in the 1940s.
By making moves that would be considered completely offensive to even her most die-hard fans, such as her "Sex" book, then coming back with wonderful moments of redemption, such as "Evita, " she's formed something that feels similar to what we all have with friends and family -- moments of faith and forgiveness.
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