Media Archive

A compilation of resources to introduce you to Evita and to prepare and reflect on the production.

Argentina’s legendary first lady Eva Perón has a life story that was always destined for the stage. From an impoverished childhood in the 1920s she found a passionate romance and became one of the most powerful figures in Argentine history, both beloved and reviled. Afro-Latina Broadway performer Shereen Pimentel, who plays Perón in the musical, didn’t know much about the character before this production. Now she’s a Perón expert.

Read the Evita program as a PDF.

When she was 9 years old, Shereen Pimentel made her debut on Broadway as young Nala in “The Lion King.” Fast forward more than a decade, and the Teaneck, N.J., native is coming to the American Repertory Theater to star in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Tony Award-winning musical “Evita.”