It's in the details...

Now that the show is in the performance phase, I've finally found time to document many of the tiny details that make up the bigger picture.

For example, I zoomed in my camera as far as I could to capture a glimpse of the Evita mannequin in the casket during the opening scene.


Here is a close-up of the mannequin backstage. Mr. Tutterow did a good job with her make-up. We couldn't find a mannequin with her eyes closed, so he applied tape and painted it to look like eyelids. The fake lashes helped a lot too. And he ordered this blond wig for her. From the audiences' vantage point at 40 feet away, it is very convincing!


The distance from the audience also helps me with props such as this fake microphone. This is the one Migaldi "sings into" during the tango club scene. But I built it in 5 minutes using a elbow of PVC pipe and a broken socket from an old clip-light. It would have been costly to rent an authentic period microphone...so why do it?



Since the backstage wing with the dressing rooms was not built along with the auditorium in 2001, the cast has to "rough it" by using rented port-o-johns outside the stage door.


Here is the back of the nice t-shirts for the cast and crew.