| Strike a pose. As it was in London, this SUNSET BOULEVARD is delirious. Jamie Lloyd can now add schlock jock to his already impressive list of talents. The show was never more than a wan camp spectacle, but now it’s a thrilling one even as it mostly makes no sense. But Lloyd isn’t trying to convince you that it does. The entire presentation is a broad wink and as such it’s great fun. The show has three, maybe four, worthwhile moments and Lloyd giddily makes (set less) set pieces of each of them. His SUNSET BOULEVARD (yes, it’s his now) skillfully teeters between a take on the material and a take down of it. Once, only movie stars mugged for a camera, now everyone does and Norma—isn’t that Norma there beside you?—is everywhere. SUNSET BOULEVARD, never a good show, is now—and forever?—an eminently lunatic one. |
