Shows · Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Opened 1994
977 performances
Musical, Megamusical
Tony Award for Best Musical, 1995
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and libretto by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on the 1950 film. The plot follows Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent-screen era, living in her decaying mansion on Sunset Boulevard in 1949 Los Angeles.
- Music
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lyrics
- Don Black & Christopher Hampton; Based on the Billy Wilder film
Productions4 productions: 3 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
1994
Minskoff TheatreBroadway
Original, opened November 17, 1994, directed by Trevor Nunn Musical Staging: Bob Avian
977 performances, 1 Tony wins
2008
2017
138 performances
2024
312 performances, 1 Tony wins
Songs8 songs
Surrender, With One Look, The Greatest Star of All, New Ways to Dream, This Time Next Year, Sunset Boulevard, As If We Never Said Goodbye, Too Much in Love to Care
Recordings 10 recordings
1993
Sunset Boulevard: World Premiere Recording
Really Useful Records 519 767-2, released 1993
Australia
1994
Sunset Boulevard: World Premiere Recording
Really Useful Records 314 519 767-2, released 1994
Canada
1994
Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording: A Selection of Songs from the Musical
Polydor 42285 3851 2; Really Useful Records, released 1994
United States
1994
Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording
Really Useful Records 3507-2 IND1; Really Useful Records 3507-2…, released September 13, 1994
United States
1994
Sunset Boulevard: World Premiere Recording (1993 original London cast)
Really Useful Records 519 767-2, released December 1, 1994
United Kingdom
1995
Highlights from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording Highlights
Polydor 527241-2; Decca Broadway, released May 23, 1995
United States 
2006
Sunset Boulevard: American Premiere Recording
Decca Records 000663802, released May 23, 2006
United States
2009
Sunset Boulevard: Het Nederlandse Cast Album
Really Useful Records 178563-8, released 2009
Netherlands Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals ALW Collection | available |
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