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Sunset Boulevard is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and libretto by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. It is based on the 1950 film. The plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. When young screenwriter Joe ...
Thomas Francis Barber (born 29 June 1999) is an English actor and singer known for his roles on the West End and Broadway stages. For his performance as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Films that discuss Sunset Boulevard in their screenplays or pay homage in scenes or dialogue include Soapdish (1991), The Player (1992), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mulholland Drive (2001), [7] Inland Empire (2006) and Be Cool (2005). The ending of Cecil B. Demented (2000) is a parody of Sunset Boulevard's final scene.
Sunset Boulevard originally premiered in London in 1993 with LuPone as Desmond before transferring to Broadway the following year, this time starring Close. It ran at there fore three more years ...
“Sunset Boulevard” — adapted by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and writer-lyricists Don Black and Christopher Hampton from the 1950 film of the same name — has, until now, been known to ...
Linda Balgord (February 18, 1960 – March 5, 2024) was an American Broadway actress and singer, most notable for playing Norma Desmond in the 1996 United States tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard, being the last actress to portray Grizabella in the original Broadway run of Cats, and originating the role of Queen Elizabeth I in The Pirate Queen on Broadway.
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The cast of 'Sunset Blvd.' on Broadway Those who have seen previous versions of Sunset Boulevard may think they've seen it before, but Lloyd's bold vision makes this story feel completely fresh.