Andrew Lloyd Webber's

"Sunset Boulevard"

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book and Lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Based on the film by Billy Wilder.

April 29 to May 14, 2011
7:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday Evenings
8:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday Evenings
2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinees 

The Box Office is located on the Main Lobby of Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre at 300 S. 1400 E., in Salt Lake City on the University of Utah campus.

The Salt Lake Tribune —‘Sunset Boulevard’ on the sunny side

"Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” is eye candy for the musical theater crowd. It’s catnip for those longing for a boatload of songs. And it’s heaven for anyone with an eye for expert ensemble dancing. Taken for the seamless, deft and handsome package it is, this “Sunset Boulevard” comes off like a dream. It’s the dream of composer Lloyd Webber and his lyrical team of Christopher Hampton and Don Black. And they’ve forsaken the nightmarish and grotesque source material of Billy Wilder’s film about the delusional life of an aging film star for something closer to tragic romance."

Deseret News—Seen a big, entertaining Broadway musical lately? Pioneer Theatre has a show for you.

"Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” is an easy target for dissection and criticism, but the heavy-handed bravura of Andrew Lloyd Webber songs closely match the grand-guignol melodrama of the Billy Wilder classic. Like the composer’s other megaproductions, with budgets large enough for decades-long runs, “Sunset Boulevard” requires a big cast, a big orchestra, a big set and “I am big” performers. And Pioneer Theatre, in a dynamic masterstroke, has met these challenges with aplomb."

Q Salt Lake—A Stylish “Sunset”

"Fascination with celebrity meltdowns has been of mutual pleasure among the American general public. A list could be scribed all the way to the Betty Ford Clinic of the celebrities whose otherwise uncontrolled lives have entertained and enthralled for generations. One such celebrity, Gloria Swanson, lends aspects of her tumultuous life to the success that is Sunset Boulevard."

In This Week—Taking your mom to the theater for Mother’s Day seems like a lovely thing to do. But which play to see?

"The show is certainly sumptuous; the set design by George Maxwell includes a depiction of the entrance gate to Paramount Studios; the interior of Desmond’s lavish lair and an actual car. The costume design by Carol Wells-Day is equally stunning. I loved the slinky dragging noise made by the beaded coat of Desmond as she made one of her many descents down her long staircase; you could hear it over the orchestra."

About.com—An Engrossing Tale of Hollywood's Dark Side

'Like Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard is a story of misaligned, predatory sexuality, insanity and murder. Sunset Boulevard is a bit less spectacular than its more popular sibling, but its plot is compelling and sadly relevant in an era when so many Hollywood stars seem to be destroyed by fame.'

City Weekly—Billy Wilder and Andrew Lloyd Webber do not seem like a match made in musical-theater heaven.

"...Yet in virtually every Lloyd Webber production, there comes a moment when you realize that a certain musical theme has burrowed its way into your head. And there will be a song like “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” in which Norma’s all-consuming love for being part of the filmmaking world renders her more heartbreakingly tragic than mere words. That’s when you realize the composer understands music as a way to wrench new emotions from a familiar story."