Sunset Boulevard
Published
Sunset Boulevard is a compelling story of romance, ambition, and the dark side of Hollywood.
Synopsis
It revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded silent-film star who lives in a fantasy world in her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, dreaming of a triumphant return to the screen.
Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, becomes entangled in her world.
The musical explores themes of fame, obsession, and the illusions of Hollywood.
About the show
- Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Don Black
- Premiered: 1993
- Genres & themes: 1990s, Drama, Hollywood, Romance, Two Act
- Setting: 1940s, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Songs from Sunset Boulevard
- Overture
- Let’s Have Lunch
- Every Movie’s a Circus
- Surrender
- With One Look
- Salome
- The Greatest Star of All
- Girl Meets Boy
- Back at the House on Sunset
- New Ways to Dream
- Completion of the Script
- The Lady’s Paying
- The Perfect Year
- This Time Next Year
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Phone Call
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Paramount Conversations
- Surrender (Reprise)
- Girl Meets Boy (Reprise)
- Eternal Youth Is Worth a Little Suffering
- Who’s Betty Schaefer?
- Betty’s Office at Paramount
- Too Much in Love to Care
- New Year’s Eve (Back at the House on Sunset)
- Journey to Paramount
- Nuns with Guns
- The Final Scene