Caroline Bowman | Theatre Reviews Limited

Broadway Review: “Sunset Blvd.” at the St. James Theatre (Currently On)

December 11, 2024 | Broadway, Music > | "Sunset Blvd.", Adam Fisher (sound design), Alan Williams (music supervisor and music director), Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ann James (intimacy coordinator), Brandon Mel Borkowsky, Caroline Bowman, Cheryl Thomas (hair and makeup design), Christopher Hampton, Cydney Clark, David Roberts, David Thaxton, Diego Andres Rodriguez, Don Black, Drew Redington, E.J. Hamilton, Emma Lloyd, Fabian Aloise (choreography), Grace Hodgett Young, Hannah Yun Chamberlain, Jack Knowles (lighting design), Jamie Lloyd, Jim Carnahan CSA and Jason Thinger CSA (U.S. casting director), Jimin Moon, Johnny Milani (production stage manager), Justice Moore, Mandy Gonzalez, Marc Brenner, Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom (video design and cinematography), New York Theatre Reviews, Nicole Scherzinger, Olivia Lacie Andrews, Pierre Marais, Raúl Contreras, Shavey Brown, Shayna McPherson, Soutra Gilmour (set and costume design), St. James Theatre, Stuart Burt CDG (U.K. casting director), Sydney Jones, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tom Francis, Tyler Davis

Gone are the turban, the grand staircase, the jewels, the chandeliers, the drapes, and the viewing of Norma Desmond’s monkey in the reimagining of “Sunset Blvd.” currently running at the St. James Theatre. Norma Desmond (an incandescent Nicole Scherzinger), Max Von Mayerling (a devoted and doting David Thaxton), Joe Gillis (a failed and still failing Tom Francis), and Betty Schafer…