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‘SUNSET BOULEVARD’ STORMS THE PALACE IN PREVIEWS

February 7, 2017 by Philip Boroff

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Photo by Nick Wall

Broadway audiences can’t get enough of Glenn Close or Andrew Lloyd Webber.

A new revival of Sunset Boulevard grossed an impressive $834,000 in its first five previews last week at the Palace Theatre, according to figures from the trade association the Broadway League. It is Close’s 13th role on Broadway since 1974. And along with Cats, School of Rock and The Phantom of the Opera, the adaptation of the Billy Wilder classic film noir is the fourth Lloyd Webber musical running on Broadway.

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