Though her rags-to-riches story is known the world over through the smash-hit Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Evita, the rise of Eva Perón (pictured) from poverty to become one of the most ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Opening night for “Evita the Musical” is on April 24th at Manatee Performing Arts Center. “Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Peron’s meteoric rise to sainthood.