![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Except, just like Norma Desmond, the show hadn’t taken its final bow quite yet. For Stapley and Hughes, the chapter on the Sunset Boulevard musical could have officially been closed forever. With Swanson riding off into the sunset as only a Hollywood icon can, Hughes continued to compose, while Stapley, ever chasing his star, set off to Europe to act in spaghetti westerns. Also complicating matters was the fact that Gloria set her sights on handsome Richard, resulting in a classic love triangle. But after several failed attempts to bring the musical to fruition, the three entertainers eventually declared the project a wash and parted ways. Years before Andrew Lloyd Webber would bring his own adaptation of Sunset Boulevard to Broadway, Stapley and Hughes completed their own musical vision of Norma’s story. Life imitates art when Gloria falls for Richard, and the men find themselves living a real-life version of the classic film. Seeing in Norma a portal back to the stardom she once commanded as a silent screen superstar, Swanson began to envision a musical stage adaptation of the film.ĭickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson’s web when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard. ![]() Boulevard: A Hollywood Story, tells the real-life tale of Gloria Swanson, the iconic star of Sunset Boulevard, which both the movie and her character of Norma Desmond provided a renewed spotlight. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |