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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stunning musical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 film captures the haunting world of the Golden Age of Hollywood. With book and lyrics by the Oscar-winning partnership of Don Black (Born Free, Diamonds are Forever) and Christopher Hampton (Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Atonement), with Glenn Close reprising her Tony-Award winning role as Norma Desmond.
ENO's Sunset Boulevard, staged at the London Coliseum, is a compelling story of romance and obsession, based on Billy Wilder's classic film, with celebrated book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
When impoverished screenwriter Joe Gillis stumbles into the reclusive world of faded silent-screen goddess Norma Desmond, she sees the opportunity to make a comeback and rise to her former glory. He by turn is seduced by the actress and her luxurious lifestyle. But the entanglement between the pair is to have dramatic and tragic consequences.
The character or Norma Desmond recalls on the twilight years of real-life silent film stars, for example the famous "Queen of the Movies" and Mary Pickford. Another inspiration was the tragic fates of Mae Murray, who ended up being blacklisted from working with the still major film-making company, MGM, and Clara Bow, who suffered from mental disorder and towards the end of her life is said to have "preferred death to public life." The drama of their lives and of the Golden Age of Hollywood promise an exciting spectacle!
With the lush melodies of this much-loved score (including Sunset Boulevard, With One Look and The Perfect Year) performed by ENO’s acclaimed orchestra, this semi-staged production promises to be a spectacular evening.
Lonny Price (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) returns to the London Coliseum to direct the strictly limited run of 43 performances.
Additional Information
Age restriction
5+ Under 5s not permitted.Running time
2 hours 20 minutes. Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pmPerformance dates
1 April to 7 May 2016 for 43 performances ONLY!Special notes
Under 5s not admitted. No re-access to the auditorium after leaving. This is a SEMI STAGED production.
Venue Information
London Coliseum33 St Martin's Lane, London, WC2N 4ESCustomer
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I’ve never really cared for Sunset Boulevard if I’m being totally honest with you. When I was much younger and was first discovering musicals, I came across “With One Look” and “As If We Never Said Goodbye” and my love affair with the show started and ended there; other than those two songs, the piece never intrigued me whatsoever. It wasn’t until it was announced last year that the show’s original Tony Award-winning Norma Desmond from the Broadway run of Sunset Boulevard in the 1990s – Glenn Close – would be reprising her role in a revival of the show at the ENO London Coliseum this month that I got excited. I knew that I needed to see the woman who sang these two songs I love perform in the show that made her a Broadway musical theatre star so I made sure I was going to be down there. I made so sure that I was going to be there in fact that I have now seen the show twice despite the fact it has only played four performances. Needless to say, I adore this revival of Sunset Boulevard.
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Glenn Close, in her West End debut, reprises her Tony-Award winning role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard at the ENO.
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