Sunset Blvd Glenn Close

[stanton]

Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#1

Posted: 11/9/09 at 1:07am

IS there a chance the show Glenn Close & Alan Campbell to make a "Return". I would cast Alan he was a great Joe.

I wish I could sing.

[muscle23ftl]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#2

Posted: 11/9/09 at 1:12am

I hope so! These rumors never seem to end, but there are no official announcements on the project.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[Gothampc]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#2

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:42am

I would like to see the show again, but not with Glenn Close. As one critic commented, "She only hits every 3 out of 7 notes correctly." The show really needs a strong singing voice as well as an excellent actress.

The show is expensive to mount. I don't think the original Broadway run recouped its investment. So any future productions need either a fat wallet or a creative genius to stage it.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[madbrian]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#3

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:45am

Cast Vanessa Williams as Norma, and get James Marsden to make his Broadway debut.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Jordan Catalano]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#4

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:48am

Just give me my damn movie already with Streisand, Jackman and Hopkins.

[madbrian]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#5

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:57am

Streisand is all wrong - too old, and not believable as a silent screen star.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Fosse76]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#6

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:58am

Streisand would be horrible.

[Jordan Catalano]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#7

Posted: 11/9/09 at 10:59am

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!! Updated On: 11/9/09 at 10:59 AM

[Bettyboy72]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#8

Posted: 11/9/09 at 11:06am

The show could have recouped if Close had stayed for more than a year. It was selling very well with her in it. If there were premium seats at that time. the show probably would have recouped. At the time, she was much more of a high profile movie star with lots of Oscar nods and several hit films. Now, I don't think she would sell tickets as well. People were going to see her act the part and audiences liked her big, dynamic take on the part.

"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal "I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello

[philly03]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#9

Posted: 11/9/09 at 11:11am

When the show sold out .. which it did every week she was there I believe, Close got an extra bonus of the gross too from what I remember.

She also didn't stay for a full year - only from opening (November '94) until the end of June '95. I suppose she didn't have to sign on for a year because of the run in Los Angeles too.


I still am a big fan of Elaine Paige's Norma!

[boyfromoz2]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#10

Posted: 11/9/09 at 11:46am

I've heard many rumours about the Watermill production, which played the Comedy Theatre in London earlier this year, coming to Broadway.

It was an actor-musician production, completely barebones, and utterly enchanting. The production definitely demonstrated how strong the score is - without all the trappings of flying staircases and Glenn Close, the show became much darker and brooding.

Norma was played by Kathryn Evans, definitely not an A-list star, and she was magical

[BroadwayBound062]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#11

Posted: 11/9/09 at 11:54am

I would love for Christine Ebersole to take on this role. I just feel she would be brilliant.

Genius lasts longer than beauty.

[Jordan Catalano]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#12

Posted: 11/9/09 at 12:01pm

Probably because Ebersole is as batsh*t crazy as Norma is.

[Fosse76]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#13

Posted: 11/9/09 at 12:50pm

"It was an actor-musician production, completely barebones, and utterly enchanting."

Enough. That is a tired gimmick now.

[philly03]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#14

Posted: 11/9/09 at 12:51pm

I would take the concept if it meant SUNSET would return...but I don't think it works for the piece. I'm with Lloyd Webber - it's supposed to have huge, large orchestrations/etc.

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#15

Posted: 11/9/09 at 1:29pm

Cast an age apropo actress.

Norma Desmond is 50 years old (as was actress Gloria Swanson), not the aging senior citizen many think (watch the film -- Norma is only 50 years old).

[Yankeefan007]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#16

Posted: 11/9/09 at 1:54pm

Ebersole in the Watermill production would be fantastic.

[JimCo]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#17

Posted: 11/9/09 at 2:00pm

First of all, Christine Ebersole is NOT crazy! Having worked with her, I am here to tell you that she is a great lady, supremely talented, and she is the right age and would be a great choice for Norma Desmond...I love her, and have the ultimate respect for her....

[muscle23ftl]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#18

Posted: 11/9/09 at 4:23pm

´The show could have recouped if Close had stayed for more than a year. It was selling very well with her in it. If there were premium seats at that time. the show probably would have recouped. At the time, she was much more of a high profile movie star with lots of Oscar nods and several hit films. Now, I don't think she would sell tickets as well. People were going to see her act the part and audiences liked her big, dynamic take on the part´

Indeed

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[blaxx]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#19

Posted: 11/9/09 at 4:31pm

Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve...

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[AEA AGMA SM]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#20

Posted: 11/9/09 at 5:14pm

I found Glenn Close to be far more thrilling live than she is on the cast recording. On the recording you do indeed notice her lack of range and the difficulty she has with the score, but I found her to be absolutely electric in the theatre. I actually sold my copy of the CD for a few bucks on eBay a few years ago since I had no desire to ever listen to it and saw no point in keeping it around. Though to be fair, I also didn't care for Alan Campbell or Judy Kuhn on that recording either. George Hearn was the only one of the four principals I could listen to.

[nmartin]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#21

Posted: 11/9/09 at 5:24pm

AEA, you are absolutely correct. I saw Close do it twice and loved her, but I can not listen to the cast recording.

[mallardo]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#22

Posted: 11/9/09 at 8:27pm

boyfromoz2 I completely agree with your comments re the recent London production. I did not appreciate this show until I saw that productiuon. The score is SO much better than I thought it was.

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

[nealb1]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#23

Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:48am

Let's hope that a film version of SB will be made. Hopkins & Jackman are perfect casting!

[givesmevoice]

re: Sunset Blvd Glenn Close#24

Posted: 11/10/09 at 11:56am

I'd like to see Fiona Shaw play Norma Desmond.

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