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Ricky Martin lands Broadway Evita role
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Ricky Martin will return to Broadway in 2010 to star in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita.
2010 year · Broadway revival
producers, producers
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Elena Roger is returning to the role of Peron in a revival that played in London's West End in 2006.
2006 year · West End revival
Elena Roger, actress
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Ricky Martin has sold more than 60 million albums.
more than 60 million albums · albums sold
Ricky Martin, singer
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The track Livin' La Vida Loca went to number one in more than 20 countries.
more than 20 countries · countries reached number one
Ricky Martin, singer
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Livin' La Vida Loca was released as a single in 1999.
1999 year · single release
Ricky Martin, singer
Latin pop star Ricky Martin will return to Broadway in 2010 to star in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, producers have announced.
The 38-year-old singer will play Che opposite Argentine actress Elena Roger.
Martin, who previously appeared in Les Miserables, said: "I've never lost my love for the intimacy of the theatre."
Roger is returning to the role of Peron after rave reviews in a revival that played in London's West End in 2006.
Martin, who has sold more than 60 million albums, is best known for his 1999 single Livin' La Vida Loca.
That track went to number one in more than 20 countries.
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