Sunset Boulevard
"Andrew Lloyd Webber's spectacular new musical"
Sunset Boulevard is Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical. It is based on Billy Wilder's classic 1950 film. "Sunset Boulevard" is the story of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition. Silent movie star Norma Desmond longs for a return to the big screen having been left behind by the advent of "talkies". Joe Gillis is a struggling Hollywood writer who, through dramatic circumstances, encounters Norma Desmond. Their passionate and volatile relationship leads to unforeseen and tragic consequences.
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Studio: Paramount Pictures, Trillium Productions, The Really Useful Group
- Keyword: new year's eve, jealousy, loss of sense of reality, screenwriter, butler, delusion, diva, musical, based on play or musical, hollywood, los angeles, california, madness, aging actor, has been, based on movie, 1950s, grandiose behavior, kept man, movie studio, 20th century
- Cast: Glenn Close