Fans have praised Rachel Zegler’s Evita understudy as she was forced to step up halfway through Thursday’s performance. The 24-year-old Hollywood star has been starring as Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Evita at the London Palladium and she took to the stage as normal last night.

Bella Brown will play her first public performance as the Alternate Eva Perón in the West End tonight – and a photo of her has been released. Rachel Zegler primarily plays the role in the Jamie Lloyd -directed revival of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Evita' is exciting and sharply executed, and Rachel Zegler's vocal performance is thrilling. But the storytelling gets flattened.

A HOLLYWOOD star mysteriously pulled out halfway through her hit West End musical last night. Rachel Zegler, 24, has received rave reviews as Eva Perón in Jamie Lloyd’s Evita at the London