SUNSET BOULEVARD

Original titleSUNSET BOULEVARD
CategoryMusical
AgegroupAdults
Cast8 total (3 F and 5 M)
Variable cast sizeNo
RepresentationNordic representation
TranslatorSteffen Gliese
AuthorDon Black
LanguagesDanish, Swedish, English

Based on Billy Wilder’s classic 1950 film noir, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard is the dramatic story of Norma Desmond, a fading star of the silent film era who has retreated to her decaying mansion to live in the past. When the ambitious young screenwriter Joe Gillis stumbles into her world, she sees in him an opportunity to make her big comeback — and he sees an opportunity to make a quick buck. As their relationship becomes ever more complicated and entangled, Joe finds himself in over his head with no way out of the situation he has created with his greed. The original Broadway production claimed seven Tony Awards in 1995, including Best Musical, and features memorable songs such as “With One Look” and “As If We Never Said Goodbye.”