Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return at GALA Hispanic Theatre

Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return

GALA Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th Street, NW Washington

With tantalizing lyrics and the seductive allure of tango, waltz, and salsa, this wicked show seamlessly blends history and fantasy. Follow the afterlife of Eva Perón when her preserved corpse ignites political scandals, clandestine affairs, and mysterious murders, exposing the intense love between Evita and the working class and her mesmerizing spiritual power as Argentina's most revered icon.

Thru - Jun 9, 2024

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $25-$50

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 202-234-7174

www.galatheatre.org/post/mummy-in-the-closet

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Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return Reviews

Average Rating based on 6 reviews

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...But the revised true-history musical “Momia en el Clóset (Mummy in the Closet): Evita’s Return” at GALA Hispanic Theatre is, at least, less tonally lurching than the 2009 original version. The creative team, including returning director Mariano Caligaris, has somewhat evened out the black comedy and better framed it with historical and political perspective, while making needed trims."

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- Celia Wren

DC Theater Arts - Recommended

"...Saint or whore? The world still argues the legacy of Argentina's Eva Perón. GALA Theatre has remounted a musical that not only confronts head on the lingering national haunting by this iconic figure but more critically now speaks to our times as a warning about what can happen when thugs seize power by whatever means possible. It's a tale so fantastic it has to be true. (Mostly.)"

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- Susan Galbraith

Washington City Paper - Recommended

"...Music, dancing, video projections, and history come together in Momia en el Clóset (Mummy in the Closet: Evita’s Return), now playing at GALA Hispanic Theatre. Set to the rhythms of samba, reggae, bachata, waltz, tango, and tarantella, it’s a story about what happened to María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known to her compatriots as Evita, following her early death. Under the guidance of director Mariano Caligaris, the musical focuses on the vicissitudes of a dead, embalmed Eva turned into a mummy and carried secreted away from place to place to keep her hidden from her adoring public."

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- Alberto Roblest

Washington Blade - Highly Recommended

"...The cast is uniformly terrific. They sing, dance, and act with equal skill, and whether playing protesters, clerical staff, or handsome Argentinian soldiers, they look the part. Most are required to interact with the cadaver in differing ways from timidly to less than respectfully."

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- Patrick Folliard

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...“Momia en el Clóset: Evita’s Return,” with book and lyrics by Gustavo Ott and music by Mariano Vales, takes the unbelievable story of what happened to Evita after her death and turns it into a hilarious musical with a very serious message. As Ott explains in the “playwright’s notes,” it is about “the fangs that come to us in the shape of our long-time scars.” Evita is a victim in this musical—of power politics, of misogyny, and of the type of culture that refuses to see people as human beings."

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- Anne Valentino

BroadwayWorld - Recommended

"...The new "Mummy in the Closet" is a sure-handed version of the earlier work, with Fran Tapia from GALA's "On Your Feet" glittering in the title role in an array of white gowns (by Becca Janny). That trademark, arms up pose that indicates her grandeur as leader of the people is never diminished, even as we hear of the embalming, abuse, disfiguring and deterioration of the corpse in its travels (It helps theatrically that she stands in a cabinet rather than lies in a casket) as evil swirls around her."

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- Roger Catlin

Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return at GALA Hispanic Theatre