⭐ SUNSET BOULEVARD – AUSTRALIAN REVIVAL ANNOUNCED – STARRING SARAH BRIGHTMAN ⭐
A brand-new lavish revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning musical masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD will be coming to Australia next year, it has been announced.
SUNSET BOULEVARD will premiere in Melbourne in May 2024 at the Princess Theatre followed by a season at the Sydney Opera House in August. This newly imagined revival will mark SUNSET BOULEVARD’S first return to Australia in almost twenty years, where it played to sold out audiences.
Making her global debut in the role, musical theatre and international recording superstar Sarah Brightman will star as Norma Desmond in what marks her first theatrical role in more than three decades.
Brightman is the iconic artist who originated the role of Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera both in the West End and on Broadway. Since then, she has become the world’s best-selling soprano, topping the charts across the world with global sales of 30 million units, more than 180 gold and platinum awards in over 40 countries and over 1 billion streams worldwide.
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.
The thrillingly atmospheric score features the hits ‘With One Look’, ‘The Perfect Year’, and the anthemic ‘As If We Never Said Goodbye’.
This brand-new production will be directed by Paul Warwick Griffin, featuring set & costume design by Morgan Large, choreography by Ashley Wallen with musical supervision by Kristen Blodgette.
SUNSET BOULEVARD has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book & lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Based on the Billy Wilder film.
Presented by GWB Entertainment and Opera Australia by arrangement with The Really Useful Group.
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Tickets & more info – https://sunsetmusical.com.au/
