"Sunset Blvd.” Announces Absolute Final Extension at the St. James Theatre

Today, the smash hit revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd., directed by 2025 Tony Award® nominee Jamie Lloyd, announced that due to overwhelming demand, a final extension to see Tony Award nominee Nicole Scherzinger’s historic performance as ‘Norma Desmond’ at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street). The final performance for Sunset Blvd. on Broadway will be Sunday, July 20. 

Scherzinger, whose performance has been called “career defining” (New York Times), “seismic” (Los Angeles Times), “dazzling” (Wall Street Journal), “volcanic” (USA Today), and “rapturous” (Washington Post) has received the prestigious Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, a Theater World Award, and an Olivier Award and has been nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.

Scherzinger is joined by 2025 Tony Award nominee and Olivier Award winner Tom Francis as ‘Joe Gillis,’ 2024 Olivier Award nominee Grace Hodgett Young as ‘Betty Schaefer,’ and Olivier Award winner and 2024 Olivier nominee David Thaxton as ‘Max Von Mayerling.’ As previously announced Tony Award nominee Jordan Donica will assume the role of ‘Max Von Mayerling’ starting Tuesday, June 10.  

Tickets for Sunset Blvd. are on sale at www.sunsetblvdbroadway.com. 

Jamie Lloyd’s extraordinary reimagination of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical, which is based on the classic Paramount Pictures film directed by Billy Wilder, has become the must-see hit of the Broadway season. When it opened in October, this production was called “a solar flare that dazzles” (New York Magazine) and “a brilliant, red-hot revival of Lloyd Webber’s best score” (Chicago Tribune).

The creative team for Sunset Blvd. includes Soutra Gilmour (set and costume design), Fabian Aloise (choreography), Alan Williams (music supervisor and music director), 2025 Tony Award nominee Jack Knowles (lighting design), 2025 Tony Award nominee Adam Fisher (sound design), Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom (video design and cinematography), Cheryl Thomas (hair and makeup design), Ann James (intimacy coordinator), Jim Carnahan CSA and Jason Thinger CSA (U.S. casting director), and Stuart Burt CDG (U.K. casting director). 

Sunset Blvd. is produced by The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, and Gavin Kalin Productions by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd and based on the Paramount Pictures film directed by Billy Wilder.

SUNSET BLVD: THE ALBUM is available on The Other Songs label. For more information, visit: www.sunsetblvdalbum.com/