麻豆约拍

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small!"

Ageing silent film queen Norma Desmond hires a young writer to spark a comeback.

An exclusive concert performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1993 smash hit musical reworking of Billy Wilder's brilliant 1950 film - Sunset Boulevard.

Introduced by the late veteran broadcaster Desmond Carrington from a packed Cork Opera House - Petula Clark stars as Norma Desmond who hires young writer Joe Gillis (Michael Ball) to spark her movie comeback.

Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, Martin Yates conducts the 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra.

With Michael Bauer as Max Von Mayerling, Emma Williams as Betty Schaefer, Michael Xavier as Artie Green, Ian Burford as Cecil B De Mille, Melanie Marshall as Lisa, Sophia Thierens as Katharine, Theresa Kartell as Mary, Amanda Minihan as Joanna, Rohan Tickell as Sheldrake, Mark McKerracher as Myron, Matt Dempsey as John, Colin Zammit as Morino, Rebecca Louis as Harlem Girl, Poppy Tierney as Harlem Girl, Lee Ormsby as Finance Man, Roy Litvin as Finance Man and Graham Howes as Jonesy.

Producer: Helen Chetwynd

First broadcast on 麻豆约拍 Radio 2 in 1994.