Ariana DeBose Reveals She’s In Talks To Star In ‘Evita’ At London Palladium; Golden Globes Party Notes — Breaking Baz

EXCLUSIVE: Ariana DeBose sure had some interesting news to share last night. “Fingers Crossed,” this summer he will star in the revival of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical directed by Jamie Lloyd. avoid at the iconic London Palladium, he told me exclusively.

The Oscar-winning star confirmed the rumors he had been hearing, although he warned that he must first clear it with the producers and partners of other projects he is working on.

“We’re about 70 percent there,” DeBose told me as we chatted at the Common Filmed Leisure Group party at Lavo on Sundown Boulevard.

Common was celebrating the musical’s film and box office success. Wicked and Peter Straughan’s Best Screenplay Award for Edward Berger’s Focus Options Conclave. There was no getting around the fact that Common The wild roboticone of the most charming films of the year, was hoping to take the Best Animated Feature trophy, but lost it to the independent film darling. Flow. Then there’s…well, we could go on forever. There are 310 Golden Globe voters (I’m one of them) and clearly each of us has our own views on what we think is best this awards season.

DeBose will play Eva Perón in avoid and the program signature number is Don’t cry for my Argentinaso let’s not shed too many tears for those who didn’t take home the {hardware} at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

avoid will play a limited twelve-week season at the Palladium from June 14 to September 6.

Lloyd and DeBose began their conversation after Lloyd Webber’s director’s cut. Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger ran in London and then on Broadway, where it still runs.

Harold Prince staged the original 1978 production at London’s Prince Edward Theatre, produced by Robert Stigwood in association with the astute David Land. It was a surprisingly massive hit for everyone involved and launched Elaine Paige into West Finish royalty. I looked at it from the upper circle – yes, the cheap seats – although later I could see it from the stalls.

DeBose believes, as I know Lloyd believes, that “if you are going to revive a property that is well known and loved, it is essential to have a new vision, a new way of reaching the current audience.”

He added that directors like Lloyd are “willing to take risks to remount these beloved productions,” adding, “It seems very risky, but if you’re willing to do it,” it can be worth it.

Furthermore, DeBose observed: avoid raises many questions about women in politics, as we just saw here in the United States in the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. “We are seeing this play out around the world as well, both in positive ways and in ways that could turn out to be quite negative.”

And he added: “There is a lot of talk about women from the male perspective. We should ask ourselves what expectations we have of them and what fables, stories and truths we tell ourselves about who we think they are and who they really are.

“There is a lot of mystery around ‘woman’. Women are revered and feared for a reason: because they are powerful and it doesn’t matter what circumstances you put them in. Being a woman is fabulous, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.”

Smiling as he reflected on the upcoming role, DeBose said he had his “fingers crossed” and hoped everything “works out to be in London this summer.”

By chance, after my conversation with DeBose, I ran into evil Director Jon M. Chu, who happens to be considering a big-screen version of Lloyd Webber and Rice’s early work, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. New songs are being written and, so to speak, the main character is being fleshed out.

Chu pointed his finger at me and emphasized that any José The movie is very far away.

In any case, he and Kristin Hodge, his graphic designer wife, wanted to enjoy a night out. And no, I wouldn’t reveal anything more about Evil: foreverwhich will be released in November. No, no, nothing to reveal about whether Dorothy will show up. No, he won’t tell me who plays Dorothy.

I like that growing up, we both liked the Golden Age musical. Yankee Doodle Dandywhere James Cagney played showman George M. Cohan. That’s where Chu got the M in Jon M. Chu, which made me wonder if I missed some trick by not putting an M in my name. Baz M. Bamigboye. No, that would be excessive.

More from the party scene

Conclave Director Edward Berger and I discussed the state of the world, as you do, and he noted that after his film’s release in Germany and then France, both countries were engulfed in political turmoil. The film was also released in the United States five days before the presidential election. “We all know what happened then,” he said.

We both laughed, but perhaps there is something about a group of men in their ceremonial vestments celebrating an election for a new pope that is not as clean as one might have perceived, leaving “something up in the air,” Berger wondered.

Somehow the conversation turned to our tuxedo shirts. We both boasted elaborately made bibs, mine from Budd in London’s Piccadilly, his from Battistoni in Rome. “A pleasure after filming Conclave there,” he explained.

Then he showed me the little tag on his bow tie. Period from Budd and period a sign that I should change the subject!

Berger has already filmed his next film, The ballad of a little player — Conclave Writer Peter Straughan participated in the script, starring Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton. Late at night, I saw Swinton at the Netflix party at Spago, having a long, complicated conversation with Ted Sarandos. He was making himself heard, that was clear.

It was also beautiful to see Emilia Perez actress Karla Sofia Gascón and was obviously deeply moved by the film’s success at the Golden Globes. I was too.

It’s very difficult to express affection for an actor’s work to the actor in question if you’ve never met them before and they have no idea who the hell you are. I asked a friend at Netflix to introduce me to Adam Brody because I’m a big fan of the romantic comedy. Nobody wants this in which he stars alongside Kristen Bell. It would have been better if Bell had been there too, but I am more than aware of how difficult it is to produce good, sincere room communication, and I wanted to express my gratitude.

It’s been a long time since I laughed out loud at a TV romantic comedy. I wonder if it’s because Bell and Brody play older potential lovers and not the usual 12-year-olds. My wife and I will discuss the matter when we see her again.

and what were they baby reindeer Jessica Gunning and Kate Beckinsale talking? I guess I could have asked, but sometimes it’s more interesting to stand there and watch.

And great to meet Anthony Mackie. I remember the night when he, a promising actor fresh out of Juilliard, and I got into a deep discussion about how Shakespeare has influenced much of our culture. That night we were both overly refreshed and talking nonsense, really, but it was super fun.

Mackie is a big star now. His Captain America: Brave New Worldalso starring Harrison Ford, has had a tough time in post-production (there was a month of extensive reshoots), but I hear it came out in good shape.

It was also fun to catch up with the cast of director Tim Fehlbaum’s excellent film. September 5 movie. I wrote about it while it was playing in Venice and Telluride and it has stayed with me ever since. Ben Chaplin, who plays ABC Sports operations director at the Munich Olympics, travels to London in a few weeks to work alongside Julia Roberts and Eddie Redmayne in Sam Esmail’s thriller Panic carefully.

chaplin’s companion September 5 star, the wonderful John Magaro, will film the second season of the agencywhile her co-star Leonie Benesch, whom I met during last year’s awards season when Ilker Çatak The teacher’s room did so well, he’s heading to make a film in Wales. More she did not want to reveal.

It was also good to see the no-nonsense Kate Winslet, twice nominated for Leeward and The regime. We have some catching up to do in London.

There are a couple more things I need to get off my chest. Last Friday’s Golden Globe Awards honoring Viola Davis with the Cecil B. DeMille Award and Ted Danson with the Carol Burnett Award was a chic occasion in which both artists were highly praised. Meryl Streep celebrated Davis and Mary Steenburgen did the same with Danson, her husband.

There are videos of the event on Deadline’s social media site at Footage filmed on Friday must be edited and shown widely.

I was trying to understand why there was so little spark (aside from when Demi Moore won) in the room on Sunday night. Could it have had something to do with several tables, where seats were selling for $10,000 each, filled with people who had little to do with the entertainment industry and very little to do with the competing shows and movies?

I realized that many don’t care. They certainly had not seen The brutalist and Nickel Boys.

You don’t see it well, organizers of the Golden Globes.