When a leading lady cries at her curtain call something has either gone very wrong or very right.
With Evita's opening night it was very right.
This is a appreciably different production from its 1990 predecessor that, at the time, was rated as one of this city's musical theatre's best big shows, making it all the more daring to give it a second outing.
The large cast and production crew have rewarded director Richard Marshall in spades. As a youngster in Rotorua's first Evita, he's no stranger with the production's demands.
From the outset the full-house audience was at its responsive best. It's an age since number after number has been greeted with such enthusiasm.