Sunset Boulevard Soundtrack Lyrics

Sunset Boulevard Soundtrack Lyrics Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics: Don Black + Christopher Hampton Book: Don Black + Christopher Hampton Premiere: Monday, July 12, 1993

Sunset Boulevard : 1994 Cast Recording (September 13, 1994)
ACT I Overture / I Guess It Was 5 A.M. Let's Have Lunch Every Movie's a Circus At the House on Sunset Surrender - Glenn Close With One Look - Glenn Close Salome - Glenn Close The Greatest Star of All - George Hearn Every Movie's a Circus (Reprise) Girl Meets Boy - Alan Campbell Back At the House on Sunset - Alan Campbell New Ways To Dream - Glenn Close Completion of the Script - Alan Campbell The Lady's Paying New Year's Eve - Alan Campbell The Perfect Year - Alan Campbell This Time Next Year New Year's Eve (Back At the House on Sunset)	ACT II Sunset Boulevard - Alan Campbell There's Been a Call / Journey To Paramount As If We Never Said Goodbye - Glenn Close Paramount Conversations / Surrender Girl Meets Boy (Reprise) - Alan Campbell Eternal Youth Is Worth a Little Suffering Who's Betty Schaeffer? - Alan Campbell Betty Office At the Paramount - Alan Campbell Too Much In Love To Care - Alan Campbell New Ways To Dream (Reprise) - George Hearn The Phone Call - Glenn Close The Final Scene - Alan Campbell
Based on the Billy Wilder film starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden, SUNSET BOULEVARD had its world premiere at London's Adelphi Theatre on July 12, 1993, starring Patti LuPone (Norma Desmond) and Kevin Anderson (Joe Gillis), with Daniel Benzali playing Max. The musical received its American premiere on December 9, 1993 in Los Angeles at the Shubert Theatre starring Glenn Close (Norma Desmond), Alan Campbell (Joe Gillis), Judy Kuhn (Betty Schaefer) and George Hearn (Max von Mayerling). Sunset Boulevard opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre on November 17, 1994 with Glenn Close, Campbell and Hearn again recreating their roles from the Los Angeles production and Alice Ripley joining as Betty Schaefer.