Evita is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. It covers the early life, rise to power, charity work, controversies and death of the Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of the Argentine president Juan Perón. Best Musical at the 34th Tony Awards, June 8, 1980 — hosted by Mary Tyler Moore, Jason Robards at Mark Hellinger Theatre. Wiki link Wiki link