Sunset Boulevard - 2017 Broadway History , Info & More
Palace Theatre (Broadway)
1564 Broadway New York, NY
Alone in the dark, with little more than her celluloid memories, Norma Desmond remains what she has always been- the greatest star of all. Now, she has reclaimed the spotlight once more.
Glenn Close returns to Broadway in the tour de force performance that earned her the Tony Award for Best Actress- and a place in Broadway history- in Sunset Boulevard.
Featuring a 40-piece orchestra, the largest in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning masterwork of dreams and desire in the land called Hollywood comes to the Palace Theatre for 16 weeks only following a sold out run in London's West End.
Sunset Boulevard - 2017 - Broadway Cast
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR Sunset Boulevard
Glenn Close commands in 'Sunset Boulevard' return: theater review
9 / 10
It's been 23 years since she originated the role of Hollywood has-been Norma Desmond on Broadway in Andrew Lloyd Webber's sumptuous, if uneven, musical version of Billy Wilder's classic film. Norma's got the same turban, same neuroses and the same pipe dreams only La La Land can inspire. Close, meanwhile, goes heavy on the fragility, vulnerability and dark humor for the part played on film by Gloria Swanson. If a few vocals are strained, Close commands the stage in this concert production from the English National Opera.
Review: That ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Close-Up, Finely Focused
9 / 10
The scenery may have shrunk, but that face - oh, that face - looms larger than ever. So does the ego that animates it, both indomitable and irreparably broken. 'With one look,' indeed, to borrow a song lyric that describes such unsettling presence. That outrageous, over-the-top, desperate old lady shedding sanity on the stage of the Palace Theater still has the poetry in her gaze to break every heart.
Sunset Boulevard FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Let's Have Lunch
Surrender
With One Look
Salome
The Greatest Star of All
Girl Meets Boy
New Ways to Dream
The Lady's Paying
The Perfect Year
This Time Next Year
Sunset Boulevard
As If We Never Said Goodbye
Eternal Youth is Worth a Little Suffering
Too Much in Love to Care
My Resolution
Every Movie's a Circus
Sunset Boulevard History
Other Productions of Sunset Boulevard
| 1993 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
| 1993 | Regional (US) |
Los Angeles Production Regional (US) |
| 1994 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 1995 | Canada |
Toronto Production Canada |
| 1996 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
| 1998 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
| 2004 | London Fringe |
London Concert Revival London Fringe |
| 2016 | West End |
English National Opera West End Revival West End |
| 2017 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
| 2023 | West End |
West End |
| 2024 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Production Broadway |
Sunset Boulevard - 2017 Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Mark Henderson |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Sunset Boulevard |
| 2017 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Sunset Boulevard |
| 2017 | Theatre World Awards | John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater | Glenn Close |
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