Lloyd Webber Wants Madonna to Play Desmond in SUNSET BLVD

In a recent interview between Brits Piers Morgan and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the musical theatre legend revealed that he would like to see Madonna play leading lady Norma Desmond in a production of SUNSET BOULEVARD. 

Lloyd Webber revealed: "She's the right age. "I've not got through to her. She hasn't taken my call this time." The role of Ms. Desmond was first taken on by Patti LuPone in the West End, and then by Glenn Close in the original Broadway cast.

Madonna is no stranger to Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. She played the title character in the movie adaptation of EVITA in 1996, and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide and is recognized as the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time by the Guinness World Records. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century and the second top-selling female artist in the United States, behind Barbra Streisand, with 64 million certified albums.

Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her comeback to the big screen. Romance and tragedy follow. Opening first in London in 1993, the musical has had several long runs internationally and also enjoyed extensive tours, although it lost money because of its extraordinary running costs. A star vehicle, many well-known actresses have played the leading character, Norma Desmond, and the show has seen its share of legal battles.

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