Patti LuPone Just Can’t Wait To See That ‘Lumbering’ Musical ‘Sunset Blvd.’, She Tells ‘The View’
deadline.comPatti LuPone, famously fired by Andrew Lloyd Webber from her role as Norma Desmond in the 1993 London production of Sunset Boulevard, is putting old grudges aside – kinda, sorta – and plans to see the new Jamie Lloyd-directed Broadway production next Wednesday.
In a deliciously on-point LuPone appearance on ABC’s The View today, the former Evita was in peak candid form in delivering a side-eye “compliment” about the hot new Broadway Sunset revival starring Nicole Scherzinger as Norma.
First, a little background. In 1993, LuPone created the role of Norma Desmond in the original London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, directed by Trevor Nunn.
The project was a re-teaming of LuPone and Lloyd Webber following their massive success with Evita, but history didn’t repeat itself: LuPone was abruptly fired by the composer, who subsequently hired Glenn Close to open the show in Los Angeles and eventually on Broadway.
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