Tina Arena moved to Broadway after originally opening in London's West End, and it became the template for subsequent productions of the musical for the following quarter of a century. The musical charts Eva Perón's life from an ambitious teenager, through her career as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946, until her death in 1952 at the age of 33. It includes some of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's best known material, including "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". On 21 August 2017, Opera Australia announced that Arena would be taking on the lead role
First Lady of Colombia did not signify the marginalization of the First Lady from political activity, and that she as wife of the President embodied the idea of national unity. Since then, the First Lady has continued to pursue, at her discretion, humanitarian causes in an "ad honorem" capacity. Over the course of the 20th century it became increasingly common for first ladies to select specific causes to promote, usually ones that are not politically divisive. María Teresa Londoño Sáenz led the collection for donations during the Colombia–Peru War, María Michelsen Lombana championed orphans' rights and care, Lorenza Villegas Restrepo pioneered public for health