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Hace 10 horas · The music in ‘Sunset Boulevard’, while composed and performed spectacularly by the live orchestra, is just okay. It successfully captures the era in its sound, but melodies and lyrics aren’t totally gripping and enthralling. Highlights are the solo performances from Sarah Brightman, who fills the Princess with her haunting operatic vocals
Hace 10 horas · For a Lloyd-Webber musical ‘Sunset Boulevard’ has no standout song. Instead the show works as a complete body of work, moreso than the “concept album” format many show follow.
Hace 10 horas · Hollywood, 1949. Joe Gillis (Tim Draxl) is a down on his luck screenwriter trying to find work at Paramount Studios. In an attempt to hide from debt collectors, Gillis crashes into a mansion on Sunset Boulevard, where he is greeted by Max Von Mayerling (Robert Grub) and ushered into the house. Here, Gillis meets Norma Desmond (Sarah Brightman ...
Hace 10 horas · Sunset Boulevard‘s magnetic focus is the delusional, faded queen of silent movies, Norma Desmond, frozen in her self-obsessed world of celebrity fame and wealth, cut-off and unable to process realities that face her. When they do, she responds with manipulative tears and, tragically, suicidal attempts. Worse, she is capable of and commits murder.
Hace 10 horas · Sunset Boulevard sees the long-awaited musical theatre return of Sarah Brightman, who plays the role of Norma Desmond, the ageing star. Brightman has a lot of vocal talent, it’s hard for anyone to argue that she doesn’t, however her performance on opening night was surprisingly weak. Many of her songs slowed the show to a halt and, at times ...
Hace 10 horas · That set of words could be the starting point for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical (with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton) Sunset Boulevard. Set in Los Angeles in 1949 and 1950, the villain is Norma Desmond, the biggest star in the days of silent movies and now a recluse. She has all that money can buy, but little else.
Hace 10 horas · With book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, Sunset Boulevard premiered in London in 1993, and has since played around the world from Broadway to Australia (in 1996 starring a young Hugh Jackman). Though lacking its inspiration’s darkly satirical film-noir complexity, Lloyd Webber’s musical has won numerous Tony and Olivier ...
