Madonna too old for 'Evita'

Madonna will not be reprising her role as Eva Peron in a new stage version of Evita.

The show's creator Andrew Lloyd-Webber has announced that the singer, who took on the role for the 1996 film adaptation, is now too old for the part.

"She's not right for the part," eecho.ie quotes Lloyd-Webber as saying. "We are looking for people in their twenties for goodness sake."