The lavish new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning musical masterpiece, ‘Sunset Boulevard’, starring musical theatre and international superstar Sarah Brightman, is currently playing at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre until August 10 and will then premiere at Sydney Opera House from August 28.
Marking her return to the theatre after more than three decades, Sarah Brightman stars as Norma Desmond, the iconic role that catapulted Glenn Close to Broadway stardom and recently earned Nicole Scherzinger an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical in the West End. Alongside her is critically acclaimed Australian actor and performer Tim Draxl in the role of Joe Gillis, a role last played on stage in Australia by Hugh Jackman in 1996.
Based on the Billy Wilder film, the musical version of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ had its world premiere at London’s Adelphi Theatre on July 12th 1993. The show received its American premiere in December 1993 at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles starring Glenn Close as Norma Desmond.
The show subsequently opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre in November 1994 with the highest advance ticket sales in Broadway history at the time. The original Broadway production won six Tony Awards of the eleven Tony Awards for which it was nominated including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book.
Tickets are on sale now. Visit http://www.sunsetmusical.com.au.
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