Sunset - A Close Hit
Maybe it's a bit late in the run to do a review of Broadway's limited run revival of Sunset Boulevard , but I saw it yesterday, and wanted to write one. (Honestly, mostly because I wanted to document the lighting and the orchestrations, as well as a few individual elements I thought were interesting. Not so much a review as a list of things that struck me.) I'll go through the various production elements increasing order of amount of things I have to say about it. First, let's get the cast out of the way. Glenn Close was, of course, the star as Norma Desmond, but if you're at all interested in Sunset Boulevard , you've already heard all about her. What surprised me was how restrained the audience was. There was no applause on Close's first entrance, at the top of the stairs. Instead, the audience waited until she had placed her foot on the stage proper. (It was pointed out to me that this was because it was only when she finished descending the staircase