West End prodigy Jamie Lloyd has reimagined beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Sunset Blvd. and Evita for new audiences, stripping them down (including the actors) and making them edgier. In this summer’s popular run of Evita, Lloyd had star Rachel Zegler sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” to theater lovers and passersby from the street-facing balcony of the London Palladium.
Sunset Blvd. captivated audiences on Broadway through July 2025, landing three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. Now, Lloyd’s mounting of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, took the Great White Way by storm this September.
Since 2013, the director and producer has created avant-garde-leaning theater experiences out of canonized works, including his versions of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starring Sigourney Weaver in the traditionally male role of Prospero, and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, starring Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed.
“The theater can be a great force for good in the world — it’s a place where people of very different lived experiences can unite to form a strong community to create or experience something truly unique together,” Lloyd says. “Together, we can build a braver, more open and more human culture — one that celebrates radical empathy.” @jamielloyd
