To say the least, Patti LuPone and Sunset Boulevard have had a difficult relationship over the years. However, on a recent visit to The View, the Broadway icon shared that she “can’t wait” to see the revival next Wednesday.
“I’m very curious to see what [director] Jamie Lloyd has done with this,” LuPone shared. She went on to say that she would rather see directors such as Lloyd utilize “original material [and] support new playwrights and new composers and lyricists instead of things that we’ve seen.” She describes the musical as “lumbering” and is eager to see what they have done to make it less so. LuPone originated the character of Norma Desmond in the original West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical. She was infamously replaced by Glenn Close, causing quite a scandal in the Broadway community.
During the new interview, LuPone talked about her recent turn as divination witch Lilia Calderu in the hit MCU series Agatha All …