Jim Wolfe News

I thought everyone had heard of Evita, a show that I consider Andrew Lloyd Webber’s finest work.  But in the lobby of the Manatee Performing Arts Center, just before the Saturday night performance of Evita began, a middle-aged couple walked up to me.

From the moment the lights dim to the opening chords of the Prologue, the audience knew they were in for a treat. A haunting and stirring rendition of The Old Red Hills of Home, led by young actor Elijah Zurek as the Young Soldier, will have you in a chokehold from the very start.

The Players Centre Goes Technicolor for 90th Birthday