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Article: Don't miss a glorious Sunset; DESPERATE DIVA: Kathryn Evans in showstopping form as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.(Theater review)
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2008
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Byline: Georgina Brown
Sunset Boulevard Comedy Theatre, London 2hrs 35mins (including interval)
Loot Tricycle Theatre, London 2hrs (including interval)
Dramatic proof this week, in these credit-crunched times, that less can be much, much more. Trevor Nunn's original 1993 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard was so extravagant that when it closed three years later it still hadn't recouped its costs.
The new, pared-down, monochrome revival directed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood has doubtless already paid for itself in a sell-out season at Newbury's Watermill Theatre. But its real triumph lies in ...