"Sunset Boulevard" is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics and a book by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. It is based on the 1950 film of the same title). The plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her return to the big screen, with romance and tragedy to follow). The musical explores themes of faded glory, unfulfilled ambition, and the price of fame.

The musical premiered in Londons Adelphi Theatre on July 12th, 1993, and received its American premiere in December 1993 at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles starring Glenn Close as Norma Desmond. It opened on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre in November 1994 with the highest advance in Broadway history at the time. The show has been staged across the world with productions in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia, and tours in the US and UK. It returned to Broadway in 2017 at the Palace Theatre with Glenn Close reprising her role as Norma Desmond.

Nicole Scherzinger stars as Norma Desmond in a brand new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical Sunset Boulevard, coming to London’s Savoy Theatre from September 2023 for 16 weeks only. The production features songs including The Perfect Year, With One Look, As If We Never Said Goodbye, and the title song Sunset Boulevard.