SUNSET BOULEVARD
Norma Desmond was a silent movie star who was thrown out of the movie buisness when talkies arrived. When she meets a struggling screenwriter named Joe Gillis, it seems her life may be turned around...but it all ends in tragedy.
1995 Tony Award
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Actress in a Musical
(Glenn Close)
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
(George Hearn)
Best Scenic Design
Best Lighting Design
1995 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
(Glenn Close)
BROADWAY PREMIERE
Nov 17, 1994, played 977 performances
Nov 17, 1994, played 977 performances
COMPOSER
Andrew Llyod Webber
LYRICIST & LIBRETTIST
Don Black and Christopher Hampton
Andrew Llyod Webber
LYRICIST & LIBRETTIST
Don Black and Christopher Hampton
ORIGINAL CAST
Glenn Close, Alan Campbell, George Hearn, Alice Ripley, Alan Oppenheimer, and Vincent Tumeo
DIRECTOR
Trevor Nunn
CHOREOGRAPHER
Bob Avian
Glenn Close, Alan Campbell, George Hearn, Alice Ripley, Alan Oppenheimer, and Vincent Tumeo
DIRECTOR
Trevor Nunn
CHOREOGRAPHER
Bob Avian
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group
LYRICS
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PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group
LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
THE BROADWAY MUSICAL HOME ALSO RECOMMENDS
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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
Let's Have Lunch
Surrender
With One Look
Salome
The Greatest Star of All
Every Movie's a Circus
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
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