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1993 Musical past Andrew Lloyd Webbe

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Music Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics Don Black
Christopher Hampton
Volume Don Black
Christopher Hampton
Basis Sunset Boulevard
by Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
D. M. Marshman Jr.
Productions 1991 Sydmonton Festival
1993 West End
1994 Broadway
1996 Us tour
1998 US bout
2001 Great britain tour
2008 W End
2016 West End
2017 Broadway
2017 UK Tour
Awards Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Accolade for Best Book of a Musical

Sunset Boulevard is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. It is based on the 1950 film of the aforementioned title.

The plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the by in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street. When immature screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to brand her return to the big screen, with romance and tragedy to follow.

Opening outset in London in 1993, the musical has had several long runs internationally and enjoyed extensive tours. Even so, information technology has been the subject of several legal battles and ultimately lost money due to its extraordinary running costs.

Groundwork [edit]

From approximately 1952 to 1956, Gloria Swanson worked with player Richard Stapley (aka Richard Wyler) and cabaret singer and pianist Dickson Hughes on a musical accommodation originally entitled Starring Norma Desmond, then Boulevard! [1] Information technology ended on a happier note than the film, with Norma allowing Joe to leave and pursue a happy ending with Betty. Rights holder Paramount Pictures originally had given Swanson verbal permission to proceed with the musical, simply there had been no formal legal organization. On twenty February 1957, Paramount executive Russell Holman wrote to Swanson asking her to stop piece of work on the projection because "it would exist damaging for the property to be offered to the amusement public in another class as a stage musical."[2] In 1994, Hughes incorporated material from the production into Swanson on Sunset, based on his and Stapley's experiences in writing Boulevard!. A recording of the entire score, which had been housed in the Gloria Swanson athenaeum at the University of Texas, was released on CD in 2008.

In the early 1960s, Stephen Sondheim outlined a musical phase accommodation and went so far as to compose the first scene with librettist Burt Shevelove. A adventure run across with Billy Wilder at a cocktail political party gave Sondheim the opportunity to introduce himself and ask the original film'due south co-screenwriter and director his stance of the project (which was to star Jeanette MacDonald). "You can't write a musical well-nigh Sunset Boulevard," Wilder responded, "information technology has to be an opera. After all, it's about a dethroned queen". Sondheim immediately aborted his plans. A few years subsequently, when he was invited past Hal Prince to write the score for a picture show remake starring Angela Lansbury every bit a fading musical comedian rather than a silent film star, Sondheim declined, citing his conversation with Wilder.[iii]

When Lloyd Webber saw the picture show in the early 1970s, he was inspired to write what he pictured as the title song for a theatrical adaptation, fragments of which he instead incorporated into Gumshoe.[4] In 1976, after a conversation with Hal Prince, who had the theatrical rights to Sunset, Lloyd Webber wrote "an idea for the moment when Norma Desmond returns to Paramount Studios"; Lloyd Webber did no farther work on the play until afterward 1989's Aspects of Dear.[iv] At that point, Lloyd Webber "felt information technology was the subject field [he] had to etch next",[4] though past February 1990 he had appear plans to plow Really Useful Group private so he could "make movies rather than musicals."[v] [half-dozen]

In 1991, Lloyd Webber asked Amy Powers, a lawyer from New York with no professional lyric-writing experience, to write the lyrics for Sunset Boulevard.[7] Don Blackness was later brought in to work with Powers; the two wrote the version that was performed in 1991 at Lloyd Webber's Sydmonton Festival. This original version starred Ria Jones equally Norma, and Michael Ball as Joe Gillis, directed by Andrew MacBean.[8] While a consummate story, information technology was still in the experimental stage and not ready for potential producers. A revised version, written by Black and Christopher Hampton had a complete performance at the 1992 Sydmonton Festival, now with Patti LuPone playing Norma,[ix] and Kevin Anderson equally Joe Gillis, again. directed by Andrew MacBean. This "met with cracking success".[7] Lloyd Webber borrowed several of the tunes from his 1986 mini-musical Cricket, written with Tim Rice, which had been performed at Windsor Castle and afterward at the 1986 Sydmonton Festival.[ten]

Synopsis [edit]

Act I [edit]

The place: A mansion on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, 5 a.m. A homicide has been reported. Joe Gillis sets the scene ("Prologue"), noting that it involves "an one-time-time movie star / Maybe the biggest star of all", and that, if yous want to know the "real facts", you've "come to the right party."

Flashback to... Hollywood, 1949 - where a down-on-his-luck screenwriter, Joe Gillis, is trying to hustle up some work at Paramount Studios ("Let's Have Luncheon"). His appointment with a producer goes poorly when the executive rejects both Joe'due south proposed script and a loan to bring his auto payments up to date. Joe does, however, come across Betty Schaefer, a pretty, young script editor who suggests they interact to rework i of his earlier screenplays ("Every Movie'south a Circus"). As they chat, car repossession agents spot Joe, who quickly escapes.

During the ensuing chase, Joe evades his pursuers by pulling in to the garage of a deluxe but dilapidated mansion on Sunset Boulevard. Beckoned within the house, Joe encounters Norma Desmond ("Give up"), a star actress of the silent-moving-picture show era. Taken aback, Joe comments, "Y'all used to be in pictures; you used to be big," to which Norma retorts, "I am big – it'due south the pictures that got small!" ("With One Look")

The gloomy estate is inhabited only by Norma and Max von Mayerling, her loyal butler and chauffeur. Although decades past her prime and more often than not forgotten by the public, Norma is convinced she is as cute and popular as ever. Max perpetuates this illusion by shielding her from the realities of life out of the limelight and past writing her letters purportedly from still-devoted fans. Norma informs Joe that she plans to make her comeback with Salome, a script she has written for Cecil B. DeMille to direct with her in the starring role as the teenage biblical temptress ("Salome"). Dubious but sensing opportunity, Joe accepts her offer to work on editing the script. Norma insists that Joe stay in her domicile while they collaborate on Salome ("The Greatest Star of All").

Joe immediately realizes the script is incoherent, but because Norma won't allow a major rewrite, the revision drags on for months. During this time Joe is virtually imprisoned within the firm, just he does break away to fulfill his commitment to Betty. Their working relationship blossoms into a romance that has her reconsidering her appointment to Joe'due south best friend, Artie Light-green ("Girl Meets Male child").

Bullheaded to Joe's opportunism, Norma lavishes him with gifts that include a wardrobe makeover and he becomes her kept man ("The Lady's Paying"). She declares her love for him and turns quite possessive ("The Perfect Year"); when he leaves her to attend Artie's New year's day'south Eve party ("This Time Next Twelvemonth"), she is distraught and attempts suicide. Equally a conciliatory gesture, Joe reluctantly returns to work on Salome.

Deed 2 [edit]

Joe is now living in luxury at Norma Desmond'due south mansion, for reasons he bluntly states are mercenary ("Sunset Boulevard"). A cryptic message from Paramount has Norma sure that DeMille is eager to discuss her script ("There's Been A Call"). She drops in on the set of his current film and is greeted warmly by onetime colleagues and the famed director himself, but he is not-committal virtually Salome ("As If We Never Said Bye"). Meanwhile, Max discovers the studio had called to inquire about Norma'southward Isotta Fraschini, not her screenplay. However, a delusional Norma leaves the lot convinced she'll presently be back in front of the cameras and begins to prepare for the role ("Eternal Youth Is Worth a Lilliputian Suffering").

Increasingly paranoid, Norma deduces that Joe and Betty are more than just friends ("As well Much in Dear to Care"). She calls Betty to reveal Joe'southward cloak-and-dagger life at the mansion, but he overhears and grabs the phone to tell Betty to come up see for herself. Realizing their affair is doomed, Joe brusquely tells her he enjoys being Norma's pet and that she should go dorsum to Artie. Betty departs, confused and brokenhearted, and Joe tells Norma he is leaving her and returning to his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. He also bluntly informs her that Salome is an unfilmable script and her fans have long abased her. Furious and grief-stricken, Norma fatally shoots Joe 3 times equally he storms out of the business firm.

Now completely insane, Norma mistakes the swarms of police and reporters who make it for studio personnel. Imagining herself on the set of Salome, she slowly descends her grand staircase and utters "And now, Mr. DeMille, I am set for my shut-up."

Major characters [edit]

  • Norma Desmond — Mezzo-Soprano; a faded, eccentric, former silent screen star
  • Joe Gillis — Baritenor; a struggling young screenwriter
  • Max von Mayerling – Bass-Baritone; Norma's first husband and butler
  • Betty Schaefer – Soprano; A budding writer and Joe's love interest
  • Cecil B. DeMille – Bass; the famous managing director
  • Artie Dark-green – Baritenor; Betty's fiancé
  • Myron Sheldrake – a film producer on the lot
  • Manfred – an expensive tailor

Characters and original cast [edit]

Character Sydmonton Festival
(1991) 		Sydmonton Festival
(1992) 		West End/London
(1993) 		Los Angeles
(1993) 		Broadway
(1994) 		Toronto
(1995) 		First U.S. National Tour
(1996) 		Australia
(1996) 		2nd U.S. National Bout
(1998) 		BBC Radio two Concert
(2004) 		West Finish
(2008) 		Westward End
(2016) 		Broadway
(2017) 		UK Tour
(2017) 		Brazil
(2019) 		Beverly, Massachusetts
(2019)
Norma Desmond Ria Jones Patti LuPone Glenn Close Diahann Carroll Linda Balgord Debra Byrne Petula Clark Kathryn Evans Glenn Shut Ria Jones Marisa Orth Alice Ripley
Joe Gillis Michael Brawl Kevin Anderson Alan Campbell Male monarch Smith Ron Bohmer Hugh Jackman Lewis Cleale Michael Ball Ben Goddard Michael Xavier Danny Mac Julio Assad Nicholas Rodriguez
Betty Schaefer Frances Ruffelle LuAnn Arouson Meredith Braun Judy Kuhn Alice Ripley Anita Louise Combe Lauren Kennedy Catherine Porter Sarah Uriarte Berry Emma Williams Laura Pitt-Pulford Siobhan Dillon Molly Lynch Lia Canineu Lizzie Klemperer
Max von Mayerling Kevin Colson Daniel Benzali George Hearn Walter Charles Ed Dixon Norbert Lamla Allen Fitzpatrick Michael Bauer Dave Willetts Fred Johanson Adam Pearce Daniel Boaventura William Michals
Artie Light-green N/A Gareth Snook Vincent Tumeo Christopher Shyer James Clow Tim Beveridge Michael Berry Michael Xavier Tomm Coles Haydn Oakley Preston Truman Boyd Dougie Carter Bruno Sigrist Kevin Massey
Cecil B. DeMille N/A Michael Bauer Alan Oppenheimer John Braden William Chapman Clive Hearne George Merner Ian Burford Craig Pinder Julian Forsyth Paul Schoeffler Carl Sanderson Sérgio Rufino Neal Mayer
Myron Sheldrake N/A Harry Ditson Sal Mistretta N/A Kenny Morris Robert Grubb Tom Flagg Rohan Tickell Alexander Evans Mark Goldthorpe Andy Taylor Kristoffer Hellström Carlos Leça Robert Saoud
Manfred N/A Nicolas Colicos Rick Podell Peter Kevoian Mark Hardy John McTernan Rick Qualls Mark Mickerracher Sam Kenyon Fenton Grayness Jim Walton Simon Loughton Arizio Magalhães Andrew Giordano

Boosted [edit]

  • Joe: John Barrowman, Earl Carpenter, Ramin Karimloo

Musical numbers [edit]

† Vocal added for Los Angeles production

∞ Originally a reprise of "Let's Accept Luncheon"

Productions [edit]

Original London production [edit]

The original West End product, directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Bob Avian, with costumes from Anthony Powell, opened on 12 July 1993 at the Adelphi Theatre. The cast featured Patti LuPone as Norma Desmond, Kevin Anderson as Joe Gillis, Meredith Braun as Betty Schaefer, and Daniel Benzali every bit Norma's ex-married man, Max.[13]

Billy Wilder and his married woman Audrey were joined by Nancy Olson, who had played Betty Schaefer in the original film, at the opening nighttime operation. Of it, Wilder observed, "The best thing they did was get out the script alone," and of Patti LuPone he exclaimed, "She'due south a star from the moment she walks on stage".[14]

Reviews were mixed, according to the Associated Printing (AP) review summary. That summary quoted, for example, the review by Michael Kuchwara for the AP: "Some reviewers felt Lloyd Webber took the sting out of a cynical tale. 'Wilder's bitter brew has been diluted,' wrote AP Drama Critic Michael Kuchwara. He added: 'When LuPone is off stage, the bear witness sags.'"[xv] Frank Rich wrote "Much of the film's plot, dialogue and horror-movie mood are preserved, not to mention clips used to illustrate those sequences in which the faded silent-picture star, Norma Desmond ...and her kept, young screenwriter, Joe Gillis, ... travel by car. The lyricist, Don Black ..., and the playwright, Christopher Hampton ..., smartly tailor their jokes to the original screenplay'southward style. At times, fifty-fifty Lloyd Webber gets into the Wilder swing. Both acts open with joltingly angry diatribes about Hollywood, part exposition-packed recitative and part song, in which the surprisingly night, jazz-accented music, the nearly interesting I've yet encountered from this composer, meshes perfectly with the cynical lyrics. Anderson makes the sardonic Wilder voice an almost concrete presence in Dusk Boulevard, but he is also oftentimes drowned out by both LuPone's Broadway belt and mechanical efforts of Lloyd Webber and his director, Trevor Nunn, to stamp the proven formulas of Phantom and Les Miz on even an intimate tale. At odd moments, the mammoth set advances like a glacier toward the audience or retreats, or, virtually dramatically, rises partly up into the flies, actors in tow."[13]

With acquaintance manager Andrew MacBean, the show closed for three weeks, re-opening on 19 April 1994, revamped to follow the Los Angeles production, with a second official "opening". The revamped musical had a new song, "Every Motion-picture show's a Circus", a new set, and new stars, Betty Buckley and John Barrowman.[16] Michael Bauer, who had originally played DeMille, replaced Benzali every bit Max, a role he played until the end of the London run (and subsequently on the UK tour and in the BBC concert). Buckley and the production garnered rave reviews. David Lister of The Independent, for example wrote: "The show looked an improvement on the ane that got decidedly mixed reviews final summer."[16]

Betty Buckley went on to replace Glenn Shut as Norma in the second twelvemonth of the Broadway production. Elaine Paige, who had filled in when Buckley was ill in 1994, took over the part in the Westward Stop in May 1995[17] before joining the Broadway production for the end of its run between 1996 and 1997. Petula Clark filled in for Paige during her holiday in September/October 1995, earlier taking over the role in January 1996[18] when Paige departed for the United States. The last actress to play Norma in London was Rita Moreno, who filled in for a vacationing Clark in September and Oct 1996. John Barrowman played Joe until 1995, when he was replaced by Alexander Hanson. Graham Bickley played the function for the final year of the London run.

The show airtight on 5 April 1997 afterward 1,530 performances.[xix]

Los Angeles production [edit]

Glenn Close in costume for Sunset Boulevard

The American premiere was at the Shubert Theatre in Century City, Los Angeles, California, on 9 December 1993, with Close every bit Norma and Alan Campbell as Joe. Featured were George Hearn as Max and Judy Kuhn as Betty. Lloyd Webber had reworked both the volume and score, tightening the product, better organising the orchestrations, and adding the vocal "Every Movie'south a Circus".[20] This new production was better received by the critics and was an instant success, running for 369 performances. The Los Angeles production also recorded a new bandage album that is well regarded. Information technology is too the but entire cast recording of the show, since the original London recording was trimmed by over thirty minutes.

A controversy arose with this production afterwards Faye Dunaway was hired to replace Glenn Close. Dunaway went into rehearsals with King Smith as Joe and Jon Zero as Max. Tickets went on sale for Dunaway's appointment only soon after rehearsals started the producers announced that Dunaway was unable to sing the function to their standards and the production would shut down when Shut left.[21] Dunaway "claims that when advance sales slumped, Sir Andrew decided to save money by sending the LA bandage of Sunset Boulevard - based on the story of a clapped-out Hollywood actress - to Broadway, where it is due to open up in Nov. "[22] However, the Los Angeles Times reported that "The cancellation came despite advance ticket sales for the Los Angeles production 'mode in excess of $four 1000000,' said Peter Brownish, a spokesman for Lloyd Webber."[21]

Dunaway filed a lawsuit challenge her reputation had been damaged by the producer'southward claims. Dunaway's lawsuit was settled and the producers paid her a settlement but no other terms of the agreement accept e'er been disclosed.[23]

Original Broadway product [edit]

The musical opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre on 17 November 1994 with Close, Campbell, and Hearn recreating their roles from the Los Angeles production and Alice Ripley joining the cast equally Betty. As well in the cast were Alan Oppenheimer equally Cecil B. DeMille and Vincent Tumeo making his Broadway debut as Artie Light-green. The production opened with the second-highest advance in the history of Broadway ticket sales at that time with advance sales of $37.5 million compared to $39 million for Miss Saigon in 1991 and on its 2nd day, it set a unmarried twenty-four hour period sales record on Broadway of $1.4 one thousand thousand.[24] [25] It closed on March 22, 1997 after playing 977 performances.[26] Billy Wilder was in attendance on opening night and was coaxed onstage by Close for the curtain telephone call.[14] In a season with only one other musical nominated for All-time Musical, the production won several Tony Awards; Glenn Close, with but one other nominee equally Best Actress in a musical, won the Tony for Best Operation past an Actress in a Leading Role.

The New York Times theatre critic Vincent Canby commented about the Tony Awards for this yr: "Awards don't really tell you much when the competition is feeble or merely non-existent, as was the instance the twelvemonth that Sunset Boulevard won its Tony. Such prizes are for use in advertizement and promotion and to impress the folks back dwelling house."[27]

Patti LuPone, who initially had been promised the Broadway run, sued Lloyd Webber and received a settlement reported to be $ane million. Frank Rich, in his book The Hot Seat,[28] noted that these lawsuits contributed to Sunset Boulevard setting the record for the nearly money lost by a theatrical endeavour in the history of the United states. According to The New York Times, operating costs soared far beyond the budget, and the "Broadway production has earned dorsum, at best, 80% of the initial $xiii million".[29] For case, during the week of 2 July 1995, "it toll $731,304 to run Sunset Boulevard, including... advertising fees of $138,352 (which had been budgeted at $40,000 a calendar week)."[29] The road companies also generated big fiscal losses. Rich puts the final figure about or to a higher place US$20 1000000 lost, making the bear witness what he termed a "bomb-hit", as it ran more than 2 years. The musical sold over a one thousand thousand tickets on Broadway.[30]

Touring productions [edit]

The kickoff national Usa tour in 1996 starring Linda Balgord[31] ended in early on 1997 after only a handful of venues due to exorbitant costs involved in transporting the fix.[32] Lloyd Webber called in director Susan H. Schulman to design a scaled-down production, with Petula Clark again in the pb opposite Lewis Cleale as Joe. This product featured Anthony Powell's Tony Accolade nominated costumes, a slightly modified libretto by Schulman and Don Blackness and a new, more bout-friendly prepare past Derek McLane.[33] The revised production, opening in Pittsburgh nigh a year after the closing of the original tour in Chicago, went on the route for virtually two years, though it avoided the cities covered by the previous bout.

In August 2001, a UK tour commenced in Plymouth starring Religion Brown as Norma, reverse Earl Carpenter as Joe. The product had a completely new set, much simpler than the original London set, although the overall production remained closer to the original staging than the revamped US national tour. Carpenter left midway through the bout and was replaced by Jeremy Finch, who had previously understudied the part. The tour finished in late 2002 in Manchester and met with both excellent reviews and respectable ticket sales.

Ria Jones, who originated the role of Norma Desmond in the 1991 Sydmonton Workshop and understudied Glenn Close in the 2016 West End revival, led a new production opening at Leicester's Curve Theatre on sixteen September 2017 for a two-week run before embarking on a national bout around the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland.[34] The tour, directed by Curve artistic by Nikolai Foster, transferred the musical into a Hollywood sound phase setting, designed by Colin Richmond, with acclaimed use of vintage archive film and projections designed past Douglas O'Connell. [35]

International productions [edit]

A German production of the musical opened 7 December 1995 at the newly congenital Rhein-Main Theater in Niedernhausen virtually Wiesbaden, starring Helen Schneider and Sue Mathys (matinees) as Norma and Uwe Kröger as Joe. A cast recording (with Schneider and Kröger) was released in 1996. The office of Norma was after played by Daniela Ziegler and Christina Grimandi, with Schneider and, for the last few months, Sue Mathys both returning to play the pb. The product airtight in May 1998.

The original Canadian production opened in Toronto in 1995 with Diahann Carroll in the lead role. Her performance was too praised past critics, although the product closed sooner than expected. It too starred Rex Smith as Joe, Walter Charles every bit Max and Anita Louise Combe, who had understudied the role in the London production, as Betty. The production later moved to Vancouver for the final few months of its run. A highlights recording of this product was released on CD.

In October 1996, the original Australian production of the musical opened at Melbourne's newly restored Regent Theatre. The cast included Debra Byrne as Norma, Hugh Jackman as Joe, and Catherine Porter as Betty.[36] Maria Mercedes starred as the alternating Norma, performing two of the eight shows each week.[37] Amanda Harrison took over the role of Betty for the final months of the show's run. The product ran until 14 June 1997.[38]

A yr-long Dutch bout commenced in the Netherlands on 10 Oct 2008, with Simone Kleinsma and Pia Douwes alternating as Norma and Antonie Kamerling as Joe, using the same modified libretto that was first used in the 2001 UK bout. Kleinsma went on to win the Best Actress Accolade for the function in the 2009 Dutch Musical Awards and also Best Actress for the Flemish Musical Prizes. An official cast album was released, with Kleinsma appearing on the main album and with a four track bonus CD of Pia Douwes singing Norma's main arias.

The Swedish premiere took place at the Värmlandsoperan in September 2009, to more often than not positive reviews. The role of Norma was played by Maria Lundqvist. A second much more than elaborate production opened in October 2010, at the Gothenburg Opera Firm, with Gunilla Backman (who previously understudied the part of Betty in the original German language product) starring equally Norma.

A S African production starring Angela Kilian[39] equally Norma and Jonathan Roxmouth[forty] as Joe, was shown at the Pieter Toerien Theatre at Montecasino in Johannesburg from late August 2013 to mid October 2013 and at Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town from tardily Oct 2013 until early January 2014.

The Czech production with Hana Fialová and Katarína Hasprová in the role of Norma had its premiere in National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava. The premiere took place on xix February 2015.[41] The show closed in March 2017.[42]

Another German production, starring Katharina Scherer every bit Norma, Philippe J. Kayser as Joe, Antonia Crames as Betty, and Stephan Vanecek as Max, opened to sold-out seats on 15 September 2017 and had its fourteenth and final operation on 8 October 2017 at the Tuchfabrik in Trier.[43]

The Spanish premiere production opened 27 December 2017 at the Auditorio de Tenerife, directed by Jaime Azpilicueta and starring Paloma San Basilio as Norma Desmond, Gerónimo Rauch as Joe Gillis, Inma Mira as Betty Schaefer, and Gonzalo Montes as Max von Mayerling.[44]

London revivals [edit]

An eight-week engagement of a minimalist production, in which the actors used musical instruments, enjoyed a good run at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury over the summer of 2008. Directed and choreographed past Craig Revel Horwood, the cast featured Kathryn Evans as Norma and Ben Goddard equally Joe. A W End transfer of the Watermill product began on four December 2008 prior to an official opening fifteen December at the Comedy Theatre, with Evans and Goddard reprising their roles, and Dave Willetts joining the cast as Max.[45] The product received rave reviews and extended its run to September 2009. However, the production closed just later on initially planned on 30 May 2009.[46] It had originally been booking until 19 September 2009. There were plans for a Great britain Bout and besides talks of bringing the show to Broadway[47]

Opening on four April 2016 English language National Opera (ENO) presented a 5-calendar week 'semi-staged' run at the London Coliseum. Glenn Close reprised her role equally Norma, making her W End debut, forth with Michael Xavier equally Joe, Siobhan Dillon every bit Betty and Fred Johanson as Max.[48] Michael Linnit and Michael Grade for Gate Ventures PLC worked with ENO to present the show; Johnny Hon was the executive producer.[49] It was announced on 25 October 2016 that the production will transfer to Broadway at the Palace Theatre in a express engagement.[fifty]

2017 Broadway revival [edit]

Glenn Shut reprised her operation as Norma Desmond in a revival on Broadway. Featuring a 40-slice onstage orchestra and a relatively minimalist set up, the production began performances at the Palace Theatre on 2 February 2017 earlier opening officially on 9 Feb for a express run, with tickets on sale through 25 June 2017.[50] [51] The bandage featured Michael Xavier equally Joe Gillis, Siobhan Dillon as Betty Schaefer, and Fred Johanson as Max von Mayerling, all reprising their roles from the 2016 London ENO production. The 2017 Broadway revival was directed by Lonny Cost.[52] [53]

Other productions [edit]

In 2004, the beginning regional product of Sunset Boulevard was staged in the round at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago for a express catamenia and starred Paula Scrofano equally Norma. Information technology was the showtime and only regional product to exist licensed past the Really Useful Group (RUG) for the side by side six years. Nonetheless, in the jump of 2010, the leasing rights were finally released to regional companies and numerous productions take been staged around the The states.

The Ogunquit Playhouse production ran from 28 July through 14 August 2010 and starred Stefanie Powers as Norma and Todd Gearhart as Joe. This was the starting time fully staged product in the U.Southward. in most a decade. The Ogunquit production was directed past Shaun Kerrison with choreography by Tom Kosis, featured costumes by Anthony Powell and an all new set designed exclusively for Ogunquit by Todd Ivins.[54]

The Arvada Middle production ran from 14 September to 10 Oct 2010, in Denver, Colorado, the same metropolis that launched the ill-fated first US bout in 1996. The show starred Ann Crumb as Norma and Kevin Earley every bit Joe. The production was directed by Rod A. Landsberry.[55]

Concert productions [edit]

In Apr 2004, Petula Clark reprised her role as Norma opposite Michael Ball in a concert product of the show that ran for ii nights at the Cork Opera Business firm in Ireland, which was later broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The cast also included Michael Bauer (Max), Emma Williams (Betty), Michael Xavier (Artie) and the BBC Concert Orchestra was conducted past Martin Yates. To engagement, with more than 2500 performances to her credit, she has played the role more often than whatsoever other actress.[ citation needed ]

Another two-day concert engagement took identify in 2004 in Sydney by the Production Company; Judi Connelli starred as Norma, Michael Cormick played Joe and Anthony Warlow was Max. The Product Company staged a slightly more than elaborate version of the concert for a week in Melbourne during 2005. Connelli once more starred every bit Norma, and David Campbell took the function of Joe. The Country Theatre was sold out for every operation.[56]

Film adaptation [edit]

Paramount Pictures and the Relevant Picture Company appear in 2005 that they were developing a film adaptation of the musical.[57] In 2007, The Daily Telegraph reported that actresses considered for the office of Norma Desmond included Close, Paige, Meryl Streep, Liza Minnelli, and Barbra Streisand.[58] In a 2008 interview, Andrew Lloyd Webber said that there were no plans for a moving-picture show adaptation to be made in the about future, but remained hopeful that i would exist made at some indicate.[59] In 2011, Lloyd Webber indicated that he would have wanted Madonna to star in the film.[threescore]

In a 2013 interview with Elaine Paige during her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday, Lloyd Webber was asked about the progress of the pic, to which he replied:

I would love a moving-picture show to be made of Sunset, of grade, but unfortunately the rights are endemic by Paramount who ain the original movie and, and so far, talks with them take never led to annihilation. And information technology'south deplorable for me because I think in many ways Sunset is, I think, the most complete musical I take written, I mean in the sense that the volume and the music and everything come together I remember in a fashion that perhaps even some of the others, they don't. Anyway that'southward my sadness at the moment and perchance, one solar day, the whole thing volition become brokered. I'm doing something else with Paramount considering afterward I've washed this I'm producing Schoolhouse of Stone on stage, and that'south a Paramount picture, so maybe if they like what I do with that they'll let me practise Sunset.[61]

In February 2019, information technology was announced that Rob Ashford had signed on to straight the flick, with Shut reprising her role as Norma Desmond, with production slated to begin on October of that year, but was then delayed to the fall of 2020.[62] In an October 2020 interview, Close, along with her confirmation of co-producing the film alongside Lloyd Webber, said that she hoped filming would commence in early 2021, citing the COVID-nineteen pandemic as the reason for the delay.[63] In May 2021, Close stated in an interview that production was "very, very close" to beginning and that they were "ready to go", while as well adding that Lloyd Webber was still working on new music for the film.[64] Withal, in October 2021, Lloyd Webber appear that production had been stalled, stating, "I wish I could say it's going into production tomorrow morning, only it's non. Paramount has not wanted to become ahead with information technology. Information technology'south not for want of trying. Glenn Shut has been absolutely doggedly trying to get it made."[65]

Awards and nominations [edit]

Original London production [edit]

Twelvemonth Accolade Category Nominee Result
1994 Laurence Olivier Honor[66] Best New Musical Nominated
All-time Actress in a Musical Patti LuPone Nominated
1995 Betty Buckley Nominated
1996 Elaine Paige Nominated

Original Broadway production [edit]

Yr Award Category Nominee Result
1995 Tony Award Best Musical Won
All-time Original Score Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton Won
Best Volume of a Musical Don Black and Christopher Hampton Won
All-time Performance past a Leading Histrion in a Musical Alan Campbell Nominated
Best Functioning by a Leading Actress in a Musical Glenn Close Won
Best Performance by a Featured Thespian in a Musical George Hearn Won
Best Direction of a Musical Trevor Nunn Nominated
All-time Choreography Bob Avian Nominated
Best Breathtaking Design John Napier Won
All-time Costume Design Anthony Powell Nominated
Best Lighting Design Andrew Bridge Won
Drama Desk Laurels Outstanding Actress in a Musical Glenn Close Won

2008 London revival [edit]

Year Honor Category Nominee Result
2009 Laurence Olivier Honor[67] Best Actress in a Musical Kathryn Evans Nominated
Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Dave Willetts Nominated

2016 London revival [edit]

Year Accolade Category Nominee Effect
2016 Evening Standard Theatre Honour[68] [69] All-time Musical Nominated
All-time Musical Operation Glenn Shut Won
2017 Laurence Olivier Award[seventy] Best Musical Revival Nominated
Best Actress in a Musical Glenn Close Nominated

2017 Broadway revival [edit]

Twelvemonth Honor Category Nominee Result
2017 Drama Desk-bound Award Best Lighting Design Mark Henderson Nominated
Drama League Accolade Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical Nominated
Outer Critics Circumvolve Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Based on liner notes to Boulevard! CD release by Richard Stapley, Tim J. Hutton, and Steven G. Warner
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References [edit]

  • Ganzl, Kurt. Ganzl's book of the Broadway musical: 75 shows, from H.M.Due south. Pinafore to Sunset Boulevard. New York: Schirmer Books, 1995. ISBN 0-02-870832-six
  • Plot and production listing guidetomusicaltheatre.com
  • Contour of the musical Broadway Musical Abode

External links [edit]

  • Dusk Boulevard at the Internet Broadway Database
  • Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)

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