Glenn Close plays psycho with the utmost perfection.

An actor cannot be afraid to get real and get ugly, to show truth. At this, she EXCELS.

@JWBabaYaga

2 ай бұрын

She's not an actor. She's an actress.

if this had been realeased as a movie as les miserables was, Close would have a won an Oscar for her performance. I have seen others sing Sunset Blvd, and while their voices may have been better, non put more soul into the role than Close did.

@davidblackwell8940

5 жыл бұрын

She is supposedly being cast in the movie version now.

@eddyalvarez8351

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidblackwell8940 yes she is. and this will be HER OSCAR MOMENT best actress 2021!

@isurunanayakkara7670

5 жыл бұрын

such a rare talent in acting three major places films,TV and stage...she is the one of the gratest actress in the world.... this time Oscar horrid... who got it? she will be winning soon OscAR and be a triple crown winner....GOD BLESS

@eddyalvarez8351

5 жыл бұрын

@red rose no bc they're film later this year and post production could last at least 8 months and they probably will release it till the end of 2020 to make it an Oscar contender for the Oscars of 2021

@victorcoutinho156

5 жыл бұрын

Its because she is a legend.

"Technically not a great singer"...she sounds great. The woman is acting!!!

@ManongChito

2 жыл бұрын

I think it means that if you are going to compare her to Lupone and Paige. But Close's overall performance and her gargantuan acting overshadowed her lack in technical singing making those ladies with big beautiful voices nothing. It's like Lupone and Paige are just mere actresses who played the role of Norma Desmond, but Norma Desmond is made and meant for Close only.

@nonenoneonenonenone

2 жыл бұрын

@@ManongChito She's obviously got much better technique than either of those two belters. But it's such tacky, awful music. Compare it to Lucia di Lammermoor. Webber has no sense how to write for the voice.

@jillsalkin7389

5 ай бұрын

She's a very fine singer. And yes, the role is brilliantly acted. Imagine how it felt to be in the audience.

@s.j.johnson1961

6 күн бұрын

@@jillsalkin7389I saw her on Broadway in Sunset in the 90’s. She was phenomenal, and I always liked her singing. Brilliant actress!

Heartbreaking. How does this woman not have an Oscar?

@alejandropenaespinoza2101

9 жыл бұрын

I feel she's going to end with an honorary one... but she deserves one for leading actress.

@osielescalante2785

5 жыл бұрын

drewqq She’s reprising this role in film (after her snub for The Wife). Fingers crossed... this might be the one 🤞🏽

@phipalmos_

4 жыл бұрын

@@alejandropenaespinoza2101 Just like what they did to Peter O'toole which is a travesty! I still hope that when they do Sunset onscreen, she will finally win an Oscar.

@MissBoagJunior89

3 жыл бұрын

People clearly don’t appreciate talent when they see it.

@melfortune5855

3 жыл бұрын

@@osielescalante2785 I love Glenn but she was not snubbed for The Wife. Colman deserved that win.

One of the greatest living theatrical and motion picture actors of all time...This woman deserves to win an Oscar

It always gives me chills. She is brilliant no matter what she does!! Please give her the damn Oscar!!!

Just watched the film with Swanson and Holden, and found this, Glenn Close has always been a favourite but this was breath-taking, who says she can't sing?! She's bloody brilliant, I so wish I could have seen her live. The film is just awesome, the script is great, and, now I'm 63, I get it. Swanson was so brave to take the role, and her performance it magnificent.

She plays this so poignantly and so terrifyingly

I actually saw her onstage in this production in California with my mother. Glenn was breathtaking.

"While technically not a great singer"..... Glenn Close is an excellent singer and actress. She is loved, honored and respected for her multiple talents by millions of people.

Sunset Blvrd with Glenn Close makes the 2024 revival look like a children's game!

I photographed Glenn in the '90s and I'm happy to say that she is one of the sweetest, most down to Earth puddle I have ever met. I also worked on a photo shoot with Meryl, and she is equally kind and down to Earth. Just so gracious, the both of them. It's wonderful when people who are so incredibly talented are also kind. To me, Glenn's performance here is just brilliant; she takes so many risks. Fearless. I also think Betty Buckley was fabulous in this role. I don't see a need to compare the two. They're totally different performances. I love them both!

@Mrchair-bk5ns

4 жыл бұрын

What do you think of Patti LuPone's performance? and have you ever met her?

@coonalisa230

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It made my heart warm when I saw those pics of Betty Buckley backstage after seeing the 2017 SB revival starring Glenn Close. These two Normas are good friends, apparently :)

I hear alot of people talk about how amazing her ACTING is in the role, seemingly dismissing her amazing vocal performance. Yes, Betty and Patti were astonishing....and Glenn is every bit their equal. Plus, she is the one who truly captured the mania that's manifested within and around Norma. Perfection.

@dasik84

Жыл бұрын

Everyone is talking about her amazing acting because the other performers often just sing, without acting. Same can be said about Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night in Magic Flute. She is in the role, she is evil, she is threatening her daughter. She doesn't just stand still trying to hit the high notes like all other singers who sing the famous aria.

@mariaeastcoast3271

9 ай бұрын

Here’s the thing: Glen could act it. Patti could sing it. Betty could do both. - said wth the knowledge of seeing Patti in London twice, and working at the NY theatre when Glen and Betty were Norma… and seeing Glen do it a lot. )

@rickmartini4811

8 ай бұрын

It's all TRUE SHE IS THE GREATEST NORMA DESMOND EVER

@Wotan123456789

8 ай бұрын

@@dasik84 Damrau's Queen of the Night is mediocre in comparison to other great singers.

@dasik84

8 ай бұрын

@@Wotan123456789 Ok, troll. :)

They say grown men broke down in tears witnessing Glenn Close's magnificent performance of Norma's descent into madness.

@kellykarcher7179

3 ай бұрын

That's because those men are probably married to someone of similar character. They can relate to the madness!

She acts amazingly and sings with it all with style and class . Musical Theatre isn't all about belting it. Fabulous!

Ms. Close is not just a brilliant actress! She's a phenomenal presence who's graced both film & stage indomitably 4 years!! A Legend!❤ 👍💐🥰💫⭐🎉!!!

Wow! it is hard to top that one! She was brilliant!

The most moving theatrical performance I've seen live ... Glenn Close ... Phenomenal !!!!

Damn! She was AWESOME! So over the top and fucking crazy! Oh why, oh why didn't I see this musical when it was on Broadway???? Regrets....regrets......regrets! :(

Sunset Blvd. opened in Los Angeles before it went to Broadway. That's were we saw it. It's nearly 30 years later, and this still blows me away. Glenn Close was, and is, Amazing.

Such a performance with full of emotions!!!!!!! Touching!

No matter how often I see recordings of Glen Close in the close of the musical, it's a revelation. Norma's total descent into madness is almost terrifying and truly one of the greatest performances in Broadway musical history. Others have done the role, but there is only ONE Glen Close for Sunset Boulevard, just as there was only one Carol Channing for Hello Dolly or one Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl.

@Wotan123456789

8 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you. There has been many great Norma Desmonds but no reach the overall performing level of Glenn Close. I was lucky to see many performances of that run. Truly sensational.

Would loved to have seen her performance. Just absolutely wonderful... In my opinion the best Norma Desmond ever xx

Her acting just gives me chills. Try watching any of these clips without sound and you will see what I mean.

Now, that's ACTING!. God she was stunning!. Just like always.

@tonyspinnelli730

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!!

@correoprivado9953

5 жыл бұрын

Javier you're so handsome

For everything surrounding this show, her performance was brilliant.

One of the greatest performances of this role. Brava Glenn👏👏👏👏

For years, Gloria Swanson set the bar and then Glenn Close was able to match the same quality. If anyone wants to be inspired by a Norma Desmond performance, Gloria and Glenn are the best.

@diegov1290

Жыл бұрын

Nah...Gloria Swanson remains as the #1 for this role. I love Glenn Close but I think she was a little over the top as Norma Desmond.

@NycCuban

Жыл бұрын

@@diegov1290 , Gloria played it correctly. Glen Close acts cartoonish, and here looks like a crazy bird. Horrible

@patboywalton2277

Жыл бұрын

@@NycCuban It's a magnified performance for the scope of the theatre for God's sake!

@NycCuban

Жыл бұрын

@@patboywalton2277 , It's still cartoonish and grotesque. She showed none of the nuance, frailty, and femininity that the character deserves

@patboywalton2277

Жыл бұрын

@@NycCuban That's maybe because the character intrinsically isn't written as a woman but a disguised man, just like the Salome she fantasizes about.

Glen Close can make crazy look so vulnerable, scary and sweet at the same time. That ending alone deserves a Tony. Brava!!

Glenn Close is a national treasure. She embodies the spirit and soul of her characters like here. What is also exemplary is that she doesn’t have the DIVA mentality like many of her past and present actors which to me makes her all the more extraordinary. Thanks Glenn for yet another brilliant performance.

She is a legend...so thrilled to see her back on Broadway in this iconic role she owns...I truly don't think there is anyone better than her for this role. She's a force of nature.

@disneydanny2

7 жыл бұрын

I Literally JUST heard about the revival only an hour ago. I wonder why it's only running for 16 weeks (My guess is they don't want the Tony prsenters tou sound like a broken record like they did 21 years ago

@1hoseeman

7 жыл бұрын

Uh, they need something for the tourists who can't get tickets to 'Hello Dolly'.

@JerkyPuck

7 жыл бұрын

BOXER zavala Except for her 2 Golden Globes and 6 Oscar Nominations.......girl bye.

@richardhunt7335

7 жыл бұрын

Really??? I have tickets for BOTH!

@tonyspinnelli730

6 жыл бұрын

Glenn Close never let me down!!! Love her so much!!!

She takes your breath away, gives you chills, you know how the story goes but her madness is still unpredictable and shocking, you get pulled into this woman's world. Glenn Close is amazingly talented.

She's sooooooooooooo under-rated!!! Give this woman her Oscar already!!! No people, I don't mean an Oscar for this role. I know she won the Tony for this. This lady was ripped off for Oscar every time she was nominated. Dangerous Liaisons was the best performed role ever in the history of cinema. Sorry, I'm a huge fan. : )

@ReAnnRing

7 жыл бұрын

Totally completely 1000% agree ...

@DarthNihl312

7 жыл бұрын

Let's hope they make a movie version of Sunset Boulevard! She can win the Oscar that way. ;)

@Velimattiranta

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. Lady can act. I know I know it comes across super dramatic on tape, but having been there. O M G. magic.

@andresland182

7 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Hope she wins an Oscar soon, justice will be made that day

@coonalisa230

7 жыл бұрын

Even if she's not going to win any competitive oscars, the Academy HAS to recognize her work by giving her a honorary one, like they did Peter O'Toole. 6 nominations without a win, that's CRAZY. It's the least they could do to make up for the snubs.

I saw her last year in New York in the reworked version and my god, she hadn't lost a bit of her touch with this show. Magnificent.

She certainly deserved the Tony Award for THAT performance!!! WOW!!!!

Absolutely phenomenal!!! What an actress , singer and a shining star!!!

Actually, Close has a very fine voice for this particular work. She certainly has more depth and variety of tonal color than others in the role (Lapone, Dunaway). I haven't heard Buckley in the role. My career was in the artistic administration of opera. Close is a HUGE fan of opera. She probably might have wanted to pursue an operatic singing career, but just does not quite have the chops for that (there is no amplification of the voice in opera, and both the orchestras and the halls are much bigger than in musicals as a general rule. But in this role, I cannot imagine anyone finer than Close. One of the great stage performances of our time, and that says a LOT.

Absolutely amazing and such a great voice too ❤❤❤

Every time I heard the servant calls out " Lights , Cameras, Action"..... I cry .....

I watched her live. This was Glenn Close's Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and ALL the awards that she should have won because she impacted me so much to show me what a great actress is.

She is THE best Norma Desmond without doubt (and I'm one of Elaine Paige's biggest fans). Her raw voice, reflects all the flaws that a clouded mind like Desmond's would have. This is probably the most intense finale I've seen, it gave me the chills

@musikmadchen3

9 жыл бұрын

Jorge Caraballo I completely agree with you, Jorge, and I, like you, love Elaine to pieces. But Glenn really brings out the emotions so well, and I think she brings a kind of harshness almost that really suits the character.

@typhsyTV

7 жыл бұрын

Jorge Caraballo Actually Gloria Swanson is the best Norma Desmond.

@jorgecaraballo8284

7 жыл бұрын

Typh Villarin haha, you are right.

@chrischipps7583

7 жыл бұрын

Typh Villarin That's right, Gloria Swanson is.

WOOOW! I did not know Ms.Close could sing...Solid performance, very well done.

Everyone always puts her vocals down. I think she’s actually incredible. Different and truly not a singer, but she’s in no way bad. Her acting is phenomenal.

thrilled i was able to see the 1994 production. breathtaking. legendary.

one of the best actresses and singers of all time! stunning performance! but she´s still scary to me ...I mean awesome and scary

The absolute best. Glenn Close may not have the strongest voice, but she definitely sells this role better than anyone else. Phenomenal performance.

How this woman doesn't have an Oscar I can't fantom!

I had zero idea she was such an accomplished singer!

Glenn Close owns this role! Hers and Hers alone!

A-mazing! Glenn Close is incredible in this role.

Glenn Close plays crazy better than anybody, ever.

Stunning! Incomparable! Gives u the chill, she plays the role with every single cell of her body, from the bottom of her being!

Just absolutely amazing!❤️🌹

Glenn Close is completely fabulous an breathtaking in this role. Her acting and singing were superb, I'd love to go and see her this year!

Chills!. This lady deserves an Oscar. I think it may be coming.

It seems like the only way for her to win an Oscar is playing this role on a movie.

She was even more terrifyingly great in the revival.

I didn't find her voice to be a problem. It fits the work perfectly, the whole point was that she didn't have the voice for the new kind of movies. She can sing, she just doesn't have a powerhouse voice.

@Nonie46

6 жыл бұрын

The character Madame Glenn Close is playing, is that of Norma Desmond, an aging actress, who insists on going back to acting notwithstanding her old age. The voice of an aging actress does not require a powerhouse voice!

@Nonie46

6 жыл бұрын

Thus, she blurts out her usual instruction: "Mr. de Mille, I am ready for my close up!"

@sjhwestwood

6 жыл бұрын

Just a voice to do 8 shows a week for however long she did the run.

@TheLocoUnion

6 жыл бұрын

I saw her live several months ago... in all honesty not all vocals have to sound like sonic booms! Her performance and singing were superb! Bravo Glenn, bravo!!!

Amazing actress in a role that only she could do justice.

Such a talent, so underrated.

I JUST saw her in this revival and she BLEW ME AWAY!!! I got her signature as well!!! Very nice woman!

The best actress ever. She can be so terrifying. Yet still such versatility

no words to describe this acting, she's beyond her limits.

That was a BRILLIANT performance..!

She was so amazing in this. Saw it twice on Broadway. Chills each time

I'm going to opening night of the new production with the ENO. I couldn't be more excited to see Glenn reprising this iconic role.

@puckfig73

8 жыл бұрын

Me too bunny! 2nd night for me! Beyond excited!

@cpdavis1

8 жыл бұрын

+Bunny Hopkins Saw her and it was amazing!

Glenn Close is glorious. Tyler Lord Hamilton

I am 54 & only heard of this musicall 2 years ago, i have cancer of the brain & am on borrowed time & i want to see this before i fall of the perch. Not asking for anything else just to see the majesty of musical one more time.

Oh I would have given anything to see this in person. She is brilliant.

Saw her live then. Thought she was phenomenal!

So glad I got to see her in New York a most memorable experence,for me🕊🇺🇲💕

The only point of music in a musical is to communicate emotion, and Close does it magnificently. She was great in 1994 and greater in the 2017 revival.

Glenn Close deservedly won the Tony for this, as she also did for "Death and the Maiden". She's won every acting award except the Oscar, for which she Motion Picture Academy should hang their heads in shame. They come no greater than Close and Meryl Streep.

I love her costume

How fabulous that she'll be bringing Sunset Boulevard to London in 2016! Got my tickets already!

@ladymcfabulous

8 жыл бұрын

I have mine too!!!! Can't wait

@simeoncooper88

8 жыл бұрын

Got mine too. So excited! 😁

@amyclarke41

8 жыл бұрын

One of the last good shows actually no Stephen ward was great ☺

Academy Award owe her at least one Oscar from Fatal Attraction.

@niclesnyc

7 жыл бұрын

And for Dangerous Liaisons

@mickstery6

7 жыл бұрын

and Albert Nobbs

@Chris-kb5dj

5 жыл бұрын

How about the wife this year? I am rooting for her!

When Betty Buckley took up residence on Sunset Blvd, she quickly kicked all memories of Glenn Close to the curb. Ms.Close is a phenomenal​ stage and screen talent, look for her great talent in films

Anyone else picture Karen Black playing this part? She had that craziness in her too

Breathtaking...marvelous....stunning...most talented actress in any roll she ever played... Love her...adore her...admire her... Yes she does deserve a few Oscars not just on!! Her acting here is impeccable and heart wrenching. Much love to her and continued success!!

She is amazing 😻 I love her she is my very favorite actress and her voice is beautiful

I'm gonna see Glenn Close reprising her role on Broadway soon. Can't wait!

Her insane wide eyes gave me chills.

@lorrainem.swartzentruber3077

3 жыл бұрын

And the messed lipstick.

WOW! Thank you so much! I live in Hong Kong and don't have any chance to see the musical. I love it but they are not playing it anymore. Thank you so much for posting so that I finally have the chance to see the play!! And it's Glenn Close!!! THANKS!!!!!

Glenn performed this to perfection. A great singer one who can tell a story through song effectively. This is what she did.

SHE OWNS THIS ROLE!

❤I saw her in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway.❤Fantastic performance❤Iconic❤love from Finland❤

I couldn't agree with you more. As Norma Desmond she RIVITED you to your seat and frightened you with Normas' Neurosis. One of the greatest Broadway performances of all time!!!

For those of you who say Glen doesn't look like any silent movie star, I have one name for you: Norma Shaerer, Glen here's looks EXACTLY like Norma Shaerer did at 50(minus the heavy make-up)

@HOE68YEN

5 жыл бұрын

For me, it was the opposite of what the critics say - With One Look, Glenn here struck me as a silent movie star. I was surprised how much she resembles one - Norma Shearer, yes, and Nazimova, and even a little Theda Bara when her eyes gleamed. With the kohl and thin, downward eyebrows, it is obvious that Glenn (and the makeup artist(s) ) had put some research into the makeup. It is very convincing to me, as an artist who is constantly frustrated with the unauthentic period makeup in many movies, eg. biopics of Mae West (Jillian), Harlow (Baker), The Artist, and even Doctor Zhivago.

@andrewmark2783

3 жыл бұрын

I think Glenn Close probably looks better than *most* silent movie stars after they'd gotten older. Close has aged incredibly well - she's more attractive now than when she was 30. Whereas many of the old Hollywood actresses peaked very young and aged quite poorly.

This is clearly the Best Broadway Musical I ever saw while I didn't see the original production due to the fact I was born 8 months before it opened in November of 1994 23 year later I finally see it on Broadway in this Acclaimed Revival and it was the best musical I ever experienced on Broadway! HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL BROADWAY FANS WHO WERE BORN IN 1994 should go see this magnificent revival before it departs June 25th 😀

She is a great singer, classically trained. She is playing the role.

DAMN, I WISH I SAW HER IN THIS ROLE LIVE. WHEN I SAW THIS SHOW IT WAS DIHANN CAROLL - AND SHE WAS GREAT TOO. BUT GLENN CLOSE IS UNTOUCHABLE.

As someone who has dealt with mentally unstable family on numerous occasions, I can tell you she played a breakdown perfectly. Obviously projected for the stage but really, very accurate. It also of course depends on who's characteristics you're comparing to, which in my case it was someone with borderline personality disorder which Norma indeed has many traits of. When I watch other actresses in this role I can never pin point the approach they're taking and the character development gets lost to me. Not to say there hasn't been many great Normas but next to Gloria Swanson, Glenn OWNS this role.

@PhoenicianPrincess88

7 жыл бұрын

She doesnt' have a disorder. She's been chewed up and spit out by Hollywood. Who wouldn't feel the way she did?

@lucasr621

7 жыл бұрын

Fair but who can say whether she doesn't or does have a personality disorder as a result of the abuse she may have endured throughout her lifetime? The particular disorder I was writing of shares characteristics that Ms. Close as Norma displays throughout the show. Just an observation.

@reisbob7786

7 жыл бұрын

lucasr621 her acting is fucking phenomenal I'm sorry

@ManongChito

2 жыл бұрын

@@PhoenicianPrincess88 somehow she does have a disorder. She is so unattached to the reality. Max feeds her lies to keep her delusions which made it worst. Unable to deal with the murder of Joe, she totally losses her mind.

@rachelsmith9719

Жыл бұрын

I see dementia

Wow Goose bumps and tears wonderful performance amazing Glen 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🎶🎶🎶🎶🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅😍😍😍😍😍

I saw her perform this live in 1994 in LA. To me it was so chilling how great Glenn Close was.

@ronsharp7371

Жыл бұрын

And that set at the Schubert

During these last few minutes I sat on the edge of my seat on the last row of the Marriott Marquis, Glenn was amazing.

She is the definitive Norma in my mind.

Miss Glenn Close was maybe the only ONE that she performed the role as Norma Desmond with her perfection in voice and acting...She was perfect as Norma Desmond with a necessary psycho touch needed too for the role ...I watched the musical in West End 1994 with Elaine Page, and was wonderful..But Glenn was the ONE ..!!! bRAVO!!!!

@littlesongbird1

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, even Webber knew. When he did the LA production she auditioned and blew him away and he knew right away she had to open it ion Broadway (he even got sued by Lu Pone for that!)

So good performance !

Such a wonderful actress and such a wonderful performance!!! Thank you very much for sharing this piece of musical theatre with us!