Rachel Tucker to guest star in Sunset Boulevard revival in the West End
Rachel Tucker is to join the cast of Sunset Boulevard in the West End.
Rachel Tucker will guest star as Norma Desmond on Thursday 12 October matinee, and Monday performances, 16 October 2023 – 6 January 2024. Tickets are on sale now here for the show at the Savoy Theatre.
Tucker joins the previously announced Nicole Scherzinger (Norma Desmond), who as scheduled will not be playing these performances.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard is directed by Jamie Lloyd with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on the Billy Wilder film.
Rachel Tucker said: “I’ve wanted to work with Jamie for a long time and to collaborate with him on a brand new version of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best scores, whilst getting to play such an iconic role, is a career high for me.”
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Haunted by her memories and dreams, movie star Norma Desmond yearns to return to the big screen. A struggling screenwriter who can’t sell his scripts to the Hollywood studios may be her only hope, until their dangerous and compelling relationship leads to disastrous circumstances.
Drenched in champagne and cynicism, Sunset Boulevard scrutinizes the ambitions and frustrations of its characters and their intoxicating need for fame and adoration.
Opening 30 years after the original West End production, the new revival runs for a strictly limited 16 weeks at the Savoy Theatre from Thursday 21 September 2023 – Saturday 6 January 2024.
