Katerina McCrimmon, Paulo Szot, and More Will Lead EVITA at The Muny

Katerina McCrimmon, Paulo Szot, Omar Lopez-Cepero and Daniel Torres will star in Evita when the powerful pop-rock musical returns to the Muny stage after nearly 25 years.
Evita, the masterpiece by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, runs July 18-24 and is presented by Emerson.

The production is led by Josh Rhodes (director/choreographer), Lee Wilkins (associate director/choreographer), Ben Whiteley (music director/conductor) and Junior Cervila (tango choreographer). The design team includes Natalia Nieves-Melchor (assistant choreographer), Adam Koch (scenic designer), Brian C. Hemesath (Costume Designer), Paige Seber (lighting designer), John Shivers and David Patridge (sound designers), Steven Royal (video designer) and Kelley Jordan (wig designer).

“This is a powerhouse cast for the landmark show,” said Muny Artistic Director & Executive Producer Mike Isaacson. “Rice and Webber's ferocious score demands heavy vocal prowess, and this amazing cast delivers.”

Meet the Cast

Katerina McCrimmon (Eva Perón) makes her Muny debut. A Miami-born performer, Katerina broke onto the national stage as Fanny Brice in the Broadway tour of Funny Girl, with Entertainment Weekly naming her “the next greatest star” with a “once-in-a-generation voice.” Her credits include The Rose Tattoo (Broadway), Counterfeit Opera (Little Island), The Light in the Piazza (New York City Center Encores!), Ride the Cyclone (McCarter Theatre Center) and Ah, Wilderness! (Hartford Stage). She recently debuted her solo show, Katerina McCrimmon: Naked, at Joe's Pub. Katerina is a Florida State University alum, a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a proud YoungArts winner.

Paulo Szot (Juan Perón) received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World awards for his Broadway debut in South Pacific at the Lincoln Center Theater and an Olivier nomination for the same production at the Barbican, London. He was born in São Paulo and studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Other work in musical theatre: Here We Are (National Theatre, London); Chicago, & Juliet (Broadway); My Fair Lady, Candide, Chicago (Sao Paulo); Evita (Sydney, Melbourne). Opera: Ten seasons with the Metropolitan Opera; collaborations with La Scala, Paris Opera, Teatro Real (Madrid), Bayerische Staatsoper, Canadian Opera, Washington Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera di Roma, Opéra de Bordeaux and Opéra de Marseille. Concerts: Multiple collaborations with Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, New York Pops, American Pops, OSESP, Barcelona Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra. Albums include Jardim Noturno and Broadway cast recordings for South Pacific and & Juliet.

Omar Lopez-Cepero (Che) returns to The Muny after being seen in On Your Feet! (Emilio Estefan), Paint Your Wagon (Armando) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Larry). This marks Omar's sixth Evita — five as Che, one as Perón — most recently in acclaimed productions at ART and STC. National tour: 50th Anniversary Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). Broadway: American Idiot, On Your Feet! Off-Broadway: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Capeman. Regional: South Pacific (Emile de Becque), The Notebook (Lon), The Flamingo Kid (Alejandro), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson), Les Misérables (Marius). TV: The Detour (TBS), Vegas (CBS), Blue Bloods (CBS). Training: University of Miami, Frost School of Music. Omar is proud to represent his Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage.

Daniel Torres (Agustín Magaldi) makes his Muny debut. On Broadway, Daniel performed in Tammy Faye, Sweeney Todd, The Music Man (Ewart Dunlop), Beautiful (Barry Mann), Evita (Che Alternate), The Pirate Queen and The Woman in White. Other New York credits include Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden), Juan in Altar Boyz (New World Stages), Mr. Appopolous in Wonderful Town (Encores), The Major in Titanic (Encores) and New York City Center's Evita. Daniel toured the US and Canada in Wicked. Evita is special to Daniel, as it was the first musical he saw as a child, thanks his mother, a proud Spanish teacher. He got his Equity card performing in Evita regionally and later joined the Broadway revival as the Che alternate for Ricky Martin, routinely performing the role throughout its run. Proud Puerto Rican.