Sunset Boulevard (1994 Los Angeles Cast)
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Brand: SunsetEdition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording
CD Release Date: 1994-09-13
Music Label: Decca Broadway
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Overture/I Guess It Was 5 A.M. - Alan Campbell
- Let's Have Lunch
- Every Movie's a Circus - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close
- Car Chase - Glenn Close
- At the House on Sunset - George Hearn
- Surrender
- With One Look
- Salome
- Greatest Star of All
- Every Movie's a Circus (Reprise)
- Girl Meets Boy - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn
- Back at the House on Sunset - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close, George Hearn
- New Ways to Dream - Glenn Close
- Completion of the Script - Alan Campbell
- Lady's Paying
- New Year's Eve - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close
- Perfect Year - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close
- This Time Next Year
- New Year's Eve (Back at the House on Sunset) - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close
- Entr'acte - Glenn Close
- Sunset Boulevard
- There's Been a Call/Journey to Paramount - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn
- As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Paramount Conversations/Surrender (Reprise) - Alan Campbell, Glenn Close
- Girl Meets Boy (Reprise) - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn
- Eternal Youth Is Worth a Little Suffering - Alan Campbell, Judy Kuhn
- Who's Betty Schaefer?
- Betty's Office at Paramount - George Hearn
- Too Much in Love to Care - Glenn Close
- New Ways to Dream (Reprise)
- Phone Call - Glenn Close
- Final Scene - Glenn Close
Music reviews of Sunset Boulevard (1994 Los Angeles Cast)
Music Review: Probably one of Webber's Best!
Rating: 5 Stars
Sunset Boulevard was first told in onscreen with Ava Gardner in a cinematic masterpiece. In this musical adaptation, Glenn Close has the voice and dramatic power to captivate you as the tortured, lonely Norma Desmond. I expected her to have more presence but each scene was brilliant and captured on this compact disc. I don't know the names of the others members but the struggling screenwriter does a brilliant job as caught in a love triangle with Glenn Close and Judy Kuhn, the girl with show business in her dreams. The actor who plays Max delivers as well as the devoted husband and servant. At first, the story unfolds with after the shooting where somebody has been murdered at Norma Desmond's residence on Sunset Boulevard.
Norma's tale of stardom shadowed by her crimes and madness gets her bright lights once again under the flash photographers and television cameras. She earned for attention again. I guess when you're a star and you've faded, you've become saddened by the disappearance and lack of interest. Her partner, Max, helps in maintaining a world where she could still be a star once again and has fans clamoring again. Maybe because he loves her too much, he keeps up the pretense that she's still the greatest star at least in her imagination.
Now, I haven't seen the production live and I regret it. I think Glenn Close would be better than Patti LuPone who I'm not crazy about it in the first place. I find LuPone over-rated. Glenn Close can pull punches and touch your heart in this production. The music and lyrics comes alive and well.
Description of Sunset Boulevard (1994 Los Angeles Cast)
All the benefits of the London version of Sunset Boulevard are as enjoyable in the U.S. premiere version--the luscious melodies, the wonderful atmosphere, the compelling story line (adapted from the 1950 Billy Wilder film), the spectacular staircase. OK, you don't get the staircase on this CD, but you do get the later, more polished show that debuted in Los Angeles in 1994. And despite the oft-repeated themes and occasionally banal lyrics, it remains one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's more satisfying works.The most obvious difference between the two recordings, of course, is the leading-lady role. Glenn Close doesn't have the big voice of Patti LuPone--and you will miss LuPone in a big number such as "With One Look"--but her portrayal of Norma Desmond is riveting, and LuPone is so distinctive it's almost distracting. In the supporting casts, London's Kevin Anderson is extremely laid back as Joe Gillis, while Meredith Braun is very girlish as the 22-year-old Betty Schaefer; both characterizations are appropriate, but their counterparts Alan Campbell and Judy Kuhn have stronger voices, as does L.A.'s George Hearn. Lastly, the Los Angeles production is a more complete recording, totaling 122 minutes compared to 96 for London. If you're looking to pick up one recording of Sunset Boulevard, this is the one. It's also available in a highlights version. --David Horiuchi
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