sunset boulevard

     

The original 1994 Broadway cast of this musical based on a film featured Alan Oppenheimer as Cecil B. DeMille

Trivia about sunset boulevard

  • 1950:"I am big. It's the pictures that got small"
  • Cecil B. DeMille, Hedda Hopper, and Buster Keaton all played themselves in this Gloria Swanson classic
  • Roxbury, Spago, & The Whiskey are on this Los Angeles street's "strip"
  • 1950:"Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup"
  • The Alto Nido Apartments on Ivar were William Holden's home in this movie named for a nearby street
  • Wilder directed this big 1950 film in which Gloria Swanson says, "I am big. It's the pictures that got small!"
  • In a classic 1959 film, writer Joe Gillis moves into Norma Desmond's mansion on this title L.A. street
  • Patti LuPone, Glenn Close & Betty Buckley have all played Norma Desmond in this show
  • Classic 1950 film that includes the line "All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up"
  • Mae turned down the part of faded movie star Norma Desmond in this 1950 film
  • Glenn Close was dazzling as Norma Desmond in this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical
  • In 1995 this musical won 6 Tonys including acting awards for Glenn Close & George Hearn
  • 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that featured the following song
  • With Glenn Close starring as Norma Desmond, it opened in 1994 with the greatest advanced sales in Broadway history
  • 1950:"I am big! It's the pictures that got small"
  • "With One Look","The Greatest Star of All","As If We Never Said Goodbye"
  • Man von Mayerling is the tense teutonic butler to a faded star in this classic 1950 film
  • (Glenn Close delivers the clue.) I was ready for my close-up after I won a 1996 Tony for playing Norma Desmond in this musical

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