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...Though Norma's tender wisdom will continue to grace our pages and quell your angst, Nann has enjoyed her last night out and will now be staying...
Sorry, folks, but the show's a hit, thanks in large part to Glenn Close. The actress projects authentic glamour as Norma Desmond, the demented former silent-screen star who wins her final close-up on a police blotter. Close starred in the L.A. production and won the Broadway part after Lloyd Webber reneged on a contract with Patti LuPone, the creator of the role in London; it cost him $1 million to buy LuPone out. Faye Dunaway, meanwhile, was engaged as Close's successor in L.A., only to be fired when Lloyd Webber decided her voice...
...most seamlessly and artfully constructed. There is a resemblance between this show and The Phantom of the Opera -- reclusive mad protagonist conceives passion for young member of opposite sex -- but that is merely plot. Musically, Sunset's real forebear is Evita. The angular, chromatic recitatives for Norma explicitly recall Eva Peron's egocentric ravings. If the music of the new show lacks Aspects' delicious subtleties and Phantom's gothic flamboyance, it still offers two of Lloyd Webber's best songs in With One Look and As If We Never Said Goodbye...
Sunset Boulevard opens on Broadway tonight after debuting last year in Los Angeles. "It's Andrew Lloyd Webber's most seamless score and it features a dazzling star turn from Glenn Close as the faded movie star Norma Desmond," says Michael Walsh, TIME contributor. Walsh predicts it's destined to be a big hit and, like other Webber blockbusters, will tour before long.Post your opinion on theSocietybulletin board...
...Norma Wambold said the probable cause of death was hypothermia...