Glenn Close revisits
her Tony Award-winning performance of Norma Desmond in this acclaimed revival.
In her mansion on
Sunset Boulevard, faded, silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a
fantasy world. Impoverished screen writer, Joe Gillis, on the run from debt
collectors, stumbles into her reclusive world. Persuaded to work on Norma’s
‘masterpiece’, a film script that she believes will put her back in front of
the cameras, he is seduced by her and her luxurious life-style. Joe becomes
entrapped in a claustrophobic world until his love for another woman leads him
to try and break free with dramatic consequences.
Cast
Norma Desmond: Glenn
Close
Joe Gillis: Michael
Xavier
Betty Shaefer: Siobhan
Dillon
Max Von Mayerling: Fred
Johanson
Creative
Music: Andrew Lloyd
Webber
Book and Lyrics: Christopher
Hampton and Don Black
Director: Lonny Price
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