Don’t cry for Rachel Zegler. As has been rumored for a while, the actor will make her West Finish debut in a revival of “Evita,” Selection has confirmed.

“Evita” is being directed by “Sundown Boulevard” helmer Jamie Lloyd and is about to open on the London Palladium on June 14. Zegler has huge footwear to fill in portraying the political chief Eva Perón, the second spouse of Argentine president Juan Perón. Theater legends Elaine Paige and Patti LuPone originated the function on the West Finish and Broadway, respectively, whereas Madonna starred within the 1996 movie adaptation.

Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music for “Evita,” which chronicles the life and instances of Perón, together with her origins, rise to fame, political profession and premature dying. The present, which counts “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” as certainly one of its most well-known songs, initially debuted in London’s West Finish in 1978. “Evita” started as a rock opera idea album and transferred to Broadway in 1979, starring LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. It has been revived a number of instances on Broadway and the West Finish over time.

For her half, Zegler has expertise in crushing robust acts to observe. In 2018, she was plucked from obscurity to star in Steven Spielberg’s “West Aspect Story” adaptation because the Maria to Ansel Elgort’s Tony. She beat out tens of hundreds for the function, which served as her function movie debut. Zegler additionally made her Broadway debut as one other well-known protagonist, Juliet, in final season’s “Romeo + Juliet,” a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s traditional.

Zegler parlayed the crucial success of “West Aspect Story” into main roles within the “Starvation Video games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” through which she once more flexed her vocal chops as impoverished tribute Lucy Grey Baird, in addition to Disney’s “Snow White” remake with Gal Gadot because the Evil Queen, which opens on March 21.

Deadline was the primary to report the information of Zegler’s casting.