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SUNSET BOULEVARD

When

Runs from Thursday April 27 2023 to Sunday May 14 2023

Approximate running time: 2 hours and 35 minutes

Venue

Stone Hall
502 Third Avenue West
Bradenton FL 34205

Show Notes

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Based on the Billy Wilder film, the musical version of Sunset Boulevard is a tale of faded glory and unfulfilled ambition. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning masterwork of dreams and desire in the land called Hollywood includes the lush, swelling standards “With One Look,” “As If We Never Said Goodbye” and “Perfect Year.”

In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded silent-screen goddess Norma Desmond lives in a fantasy world. Impoverished screenwriter Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive domain. Persuaded to work on Norma’s “masterpiece,” a film script that she believes will put her back in front of the cameras, Joe is seduced by her and her luxurious lifestyle. Joe becomes entrapped in a claustrophobic existence until his love for another woman leads him to try and break free with dramatic consequences.

The rating for this show is PG-13 for language and adult situations. The shows runs 2 hours 30 minutes including one intermission.

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30 minutes before curtain
on performance days

Manatee Performing
Arts Center
The Manatee Players, Inc.
502 Third Avenue West,
Bradenton, FL 34205
Administrative Offices
941-749-1111
10 AM - 5 PM | Mon - Fri

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