Sunset Boulevard Revival Broadway Thread
Sunset Boulevard Revival Broadway Thread
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#1Sunset Boulevard Revival Broadway Thread
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:10am
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Glenn-Close-Will-Return-to-Broadway-in-SUNSET-BOULEVARD-in-Spring-2017-20161025
There we are then. Andrew Lloyd Webber will have FOUR shows running on Broadway at the same time.
Interesting that Patti will also be on Broadway at the same time as this.
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Updated On: 1/1/17 at 11:10 AM
curel1
Featured Actor Joined: 6/15/16
#2Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:11am
Damn, Spring is so packed
#3Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:16am
I've never been to The Palace - what is it like for seating? I'm thinking Mezz would be good for this one if there's a 40 piece orchestra??? Opinions appreciated!
holy - this is shaping up to be quite the year... :)
scampsweep
Stand-by Joined: 8/25/07
#4Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:20am
Crikey! Just think of the Tony Best Actress category:
Midler
Close
LuPone
Ebersole
Every gay man's fantasy!!!!!! Lol!
#5Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:21am
Close, having already won a Tony for this role, will not be eligible.
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BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#6Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:21am
I don't think Close is eligible for the Tony, but I believe the production is? Right?
Either way, SO HYPE.
#7Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:23am
I don't like that suddenly Norma in this production has stunning period hair. What happened to her turbans?
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#8Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:31am
To Plannietink08's point, I wonder if Patti is annoyed that she will have to deal with seeing Sunset signs all over town while she's doing War Paint.
They supposedly made up at the Kennedy Center Honors for Barbara Cook, but, well, you know Patti.
It would be fun if they made some kind of benefit concert appearance for charity together.
#9Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:36am
Hasn't this been "officially announced" every week for the past month?
#10Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:37am
So not only do we have Falsettos, Hello Dolly, Cats, Miss Saigon, and Sunset Boulevard in the race for Best Revival of a Musical, but Andrew Lloyd Webber now has four productions of his work running on Broadway at the same time. Wow, this is the 1990's all over again.
Plannietink08
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/11
#11Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 11:39am
Jordan Catalano said: "Hasn't this been "officially announced" every week for the past month?
Nope.
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Updated On: 10/25/16 at 11:39 AM
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#12Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 1:01pm
Talk about A LOT of premium seating...
#13Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 1:03pm
There will be an eventual discount code, right?
#14Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 1:21pm
ljay889 - I'd assume so, yes.
I'm not super familiar with the material - is there a role for Michael Cerveris / Danny Burstein in this? I hate it when at least one of them are not on Broadway.
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#15Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 1:32pm
Valentina3 said: "I'm not super familiar with the material - is there a role for Michael Cerveris / Danny Burstein in this? I hate it when at least one of them are not on Broadway."
I'd say either of them (but especially Cerveris) would do a nice job as Max.
ETA: Or Cecil B. DeMille, but that's probably too small a role for those actors.
#16Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 2:06pm
A Canadian in NYC said: "I've never been to The Palace - what is it like for seating? I'm thinking Mezz would be good for this one if there's a 40 piece orchestra??? Opinions appreciated!"
I've only been once for An American in Paris. It's a big theater. I sat mid mezz and while the seat was fine, it felt quite far away. Not sure what the overlap of the mezz over the orch is, but I'm guessing pretty far back. Maybe try to get to the front part of the mezz if you want to see facial expressions.
#17Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 2:35pm
A Canadian in NYC said: "I've never been to The Palace - what is it like for seating? I'm thinking Mezz would be good for this one if there's a 40 piece orchestra??? Opinions appreciated!
holy - this is shaping up to be quite the year... :)
The perfect year ??
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#18Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 2:43pm
BobChapski said: "A Canadian in NYC said: "I've never been to The Palace - what is it like for seating? I'm thinking Mezz would be good for this one if there's a 40 piece orchestra??? Opinions appreciated!
holy - this is shaping up to be quite the year... :)
The perfect year ??"
I see what you did there...I like it!
#19Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 3:12pm
Is Glenn doing all shows? At these prices and limited schedule, I assume so...but I am slightly hesitant because it says "performance schedule to be announced soon". Practically the only person I'd be happy as an understudy for this show at those prices is LuPone...SO expensive.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#20Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 3:14pm
qolbinau -- "A spokesman said that the revival would be performed seven times a week, rather than the usual eight, and Ms. Close was scheduled to do all seven."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/26/theater/glenn-close-will-star-again-in-sunset-boulevard-on-broadway.html
#21Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 3:28pm
Thanks, should have read more carefully. Just bought a ticket - I'm kind of annoyed at myself for doing so because besides a few good songs, the show is a dog. And Glenn could barely sing them 20 years ago (based on recordings) - no idea why I'd want to revisit. But I can't resist.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#22Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 3:29pm
So hello dolly and sunset will both be performing on 7 times a week.
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#23Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 5:54pm
very happy
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#24Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 5:57pm
Who are we thinking for Betty?
They/them.
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#25Sunset Boulevard officially coming back to Broadway
Posted: 10/25/16 at 7:15pm
I'm so glad to see this show back on Broadway, I just wish we had a different leading lady.
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