Another Suitcase in Another Hall musical, titled "Evita", playing the role of Eva; she had desired to play the part for a long time and even wrote to director Alan Parker, explaining how she would be perfect for the part. After securing the role, she underwent vocal training with coach Joan Lader since "Evita" required the actors to sing their own parts. Lader noted that the singer "had to use her voice in a way she's never used it before. "Evita" is real musical theater — its operatic, in a sense. Madonna developed an upper register that she didn't know she had." Unlike the musical,
Another Suitcase in Another Hall been written for a teenage girl, but the experience of being abandoned by a man is one, women of all ages can relate to. I think you have to be honest with songs and with yourself." The singer's music director Ian Lynn arranged the track differently which she performs currently. Credits adapted from the single's liner notes. English singer Elaine Paige recorded the song for her 1983 album "Stages". Sarah Brightman, who was married to Webber from 1984 to 1990, included the song on her album "The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection". Marti Webb's version of the song was included in