27-05-2025
‘Sunset Boulevard': Will Andrew Lloyd Webber break a 30-year Tony drought?
In 1995, the original Broadway staging of Sunset Boulevard won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. That marked the last time an Andrew Lloyd Webber show won a Best Production accolade from the American Theatre Wing. Exactly 30 years later, the current remounting is the frontrunner to win Best Musical Revival. If it prevails, it'd be quite a full-circle moment for the legendary composer.
In the years since Sunset Boulevard originally contended, four more Lloyd Webber titles were nominated for a Best Show award, but didn't prevail:
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Jesus Christ Superstar for Best Musical Revival in 2000; lost to Kiss Me, Kate
Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar for Best Musical Revival in 2012; both lost to Porgy & Bess
School of Rock for Best Musical in 2016; lost to Hamilton
The Broadway legend also had three other shows eligible for Best Musical noms, but each of them were nearly shut out: By Jeeves in 2002, The Woman in White in 2006 (even though it showed up for Best Score), and Bad Cinderella in 2023. In 2017, two of his shows were eligible for Best Musical Revival, but both of them were completely ignored: Cats and the previous remounting of Sunset Boulevard.
This year, the current Sunset Boulevard has seven nominations overall. Many are expecting it to do well on Tony night in terms of wins. In addition to Best Musical Revival, it's also expected to take home Best Direction of a Musical (Jamie Lloyd) and Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Jack Knowles). See Gold Derby's Tony odds.
Nicole Scherzinger, who's in second place for Best Actress in a Musical, is competitive for the win up against current frontrunner, Audra McDonald in Gypsy. The former has already won an Olivier (for the production's West End run) and Drama League Awards for her performance as Norma Desmond. This is a role that previously won Glenn Close a Tony for the original production.
The rest of this year's Best Musical Revival lineup includes Gypsy (second place), Floyd Collins (third place), and Pirates! The Penzance Musical (fourth place).
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