April 5, 2011
For: IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Heather Nowlin
801-581-7222
heather.nowlin@ptc.utah.edu
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
Sunset Boulevard
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton. Based on the Billy Wilder film.
Pioneer Theatre Company presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard April 29 through May 14, 2011.
Sunset Boulevard is the story of a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who meets an aging silent film star during the Hollywood heydays of the 1940s. Andrew Lloyd Webber, author of such classics as Evita and The Phantom of the Opera, wrote the musical, based on the 1950 Billy Wilder film.The New York Times calls the Tony Award-winning show, “A stunner scored with some of Lloyd Webber’s loveliest melodies.”
WHO: Pioneer Theatre Company
WHAT: Sunset Boulevard
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book and lyrics by Don Black and
Christopher Hampton. Based on the Billy Wilder film.
WHEN: April 29 through May 14, 2011
TIMES: Mondays – Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday matinees, 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre
300 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City
PRICE: $34-$54; children in grades K-12 are half price on Mondays & Tuesdays
MORE INFO: Box Office 801-581-6961
Open 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Mon – Fri
www.pioneertheatre.org
Pioneer Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah’s only fully professional theatre, performs at Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, located on the University of Utah campus at 300 South and 1400 East in Salt Lake City, easily accessible by TRAX light rail. Free parking is also available and the theatre is equipped with an elevator, handicap parking, hearing assistance devices and other easy-access features.