Smoothies With Eva Jiménez
I was honored yesterday to sit down over mango smoothies with Eva Jiménez, who opened her tribute to Pink last week at The Palm Cabaret. The show was so well received last season that Mark Rome, Entertainment Director at The Palm, wisely added it to the 2024/25 schedule.
Eva has been working hard to increase her flexibility and stamina and add even more physicality to an already taxing performance. Ninety minutes of stretching a few times a week takes enormous dedication, but Eva is determined to honor Pink (and herself) righteously.
Born and raised in Puebla with two talented and adoring brothers and a mother who was a star in her own right, Eva never felt she fit into that society. She won scholarships to private schools that continued to amplify her differences. That followed her through university. She fell in love, moved to England, and lived there for two years (hence her perfect English). A visit home to Mexico and Vallarta with the boyfriend and a looming pandemic made for some hard decisions. Eva chose (along with all of her family) to move to Vallarta alone.
Eva teamed up with her brother Mau (as they had done growing up, playing guitar and singing together) and performed shows primarily at Incanto and later La Catrina Cantina, a couple of appearances solo at Act2PV, and wherever work found them.
About a year ago, Eva asked her dear friend, singer Losanna Diaz Avila, if she thought she could pull off a tribute to Pink. They worked together, ran with the idea, formed a production company, and in April of this year, at the Palm, debuted “Get The Party Started.”
With only a handful of performances under her belt, she blushed when she told me that people on the street greet her with a “Hey! Pink!”
Eva has evolved with this project, learning new skills, perfecting what she knows already, and busting her sequined leotard to do even more.
Keep your eyes here for developments that are right around the corner. In the meantime, catch Eva Jimenez at The Palm Cabaret every Wednesday (that’s tomorrow, people!) at 9 pm for the fabulous tribute to Pink ‘Get The Party Started!’