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Sunset Boulevard, Starring Glenn Close, Completes Broadway Cast

Norma Desmond rounds out her Broadway company.

Glenn Close and Michael Xavier as Norma Desmond and Joe Gillis in the English National Opera production of Sunset Boulevard.
Glenn Close as Norma Desmond and Michael Xavier as Joe Gillis in the English National Opera production of Sunset Boulevard.
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Complete casting has been announced for the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring three-time Tony winner Glenn Close.

Close returns to the role of Norma Desmond, which she originated on Broadway in 1994, alongside the previously announced Michael Xavier (Joe Gillis), Siobhan Dillon (Betty Schaefer), and Fred Johanson (Max von Mayerling). The cast will also feature also feature Nancy Anderson, Mackenzie Bell, Preston Truman Boyd, Barry Busby, Britney Coleman, Julian Decker, Anissa Felix, Drew Foster, David Hess, Brittney Johnson, Katie Ladner, Stephanie Martignetti, Lauralyn McClelland, T. Oliver Reid, Lance Roberts, Stephanie Rothenberg, Graham Rowat, Paul Schoeffler, Andy Taylor, Sean Thompson, Matt Wall, and Jim Walton.

Sunset Boulevard features a Tony Award-winning score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a Tony Award-winning book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Based on the classic 1950 film of the same title, Sunset Boulevard follows Norma Desmond, a washed-up silent film star, who lives in a dilapidated mansion on Sunset Boulevard. When she encounters a young screenwriter named Joe Gillis, she sees him as her opportunity to make a comeback to the silver screen. Close's performance as the iconic Desmond earned her a third Tony Award.

The revival will be directed by Lonny Price, who brings a 40-piece orchestra to the Palace Theatre stage.

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