Isabelle, who has spent most of the pandemic hosting an entertainment news program in Puerto Rico, was well known to some music fans from winning a Latin variation of “American Idol” and the Billboard hit “Por Amarte Asi” before she decided to shift her career focus to musical theater and film. At the time, she described “Evita” as one of her biggest opportunities.
When Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Rep’s producing artistic director, contacted her last fall about doing a concert program for the theater’s new outdoor Terrace Stage series, Isabelle said she wanted to do something different than the kinds of concerts she performed while building her pop music career.