Deadline.com's Mike Fleming reports, "I've heard that Ricky Martin has committed for a year-long run as Che Guevara." Martin made his Broadway debut as Marius during the original Broadway run of Les Miserables.
As previously reported, The New York Post said that plans are currently underway to remount the Michael Grandage-directed production of Evita — which opened at London's Adelphi Theatre in June 2006 starring Argentine actress Elena Roger in the title role — on Broadway next year at a Nederlander theatre to be announced, with Roger repeating her work for New York audiences.
Rob Ashford, who choreographed in London, will perform the same duties for the Broadway revival, which will be directed by Grandage and produced by Hal Luftig and Scott Sanders, according to the Post.
No official announcement about the production or casting has been made.
Evita, which premiered as a two-LP recording starring Julie Covington (Eva) and Colm Wilkinson (Che), features a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). Hal Prince staged both the original London and New York productions of the musical, which made stars of Elaine Paige (in London) and Mandy Patinkin and Patti LuPone (on Broadway). The score features such tunes as "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Buenos Aires," "A New Argentina," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall," "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You" and "Rainbow High." Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce starred in the film version; Roger headed the cast of the now-closed London revival.