With One Look [Sunset Blvd. ~ London, 1995] - Betty Buckley 

I saw Betty live. I sat in the front row and my jaw must have dropped throughout her entire performance of a song. She winked at me. It was my anniversary and I was alone. My marriage had dissolved. This made my day. Thank you, Betty!

Nobody can hold a candle to Betty's magnificent performance as Norma in Sunset Boulevard. It is burned in my memory. I left the theater that night transformed. She is a legend.

i've just never head someone sing that way with such little apparent effort....its unbelievable amazing woman

She's like the perfect balance between Patti and Glenn; soaring voice with just perfect amount of emotion and drama, without any exagerration. And those hand gestures, oh my gawd. Hands down, the DEFINITIVE Norma Desmond.

Betty was the BEST Norma in my opinion. I saw all of them and felt vocally no one could touch her.

The most wonderful Norma I saw. Elaine, Glenn and Petula all brought something different to the role, but only Betty captured the classy, seductive sex appeal of silent stars. The others were too cartoonish and ‘mad’ from the outset. Betty descended into madness. I saw Betty 5 times in London, she was magnificent each time. I also saw Patti who was not at ease in the role and seemed not fully formed - the show itself felt half baked when it opened which didn’t help. When the show closed for a short period and Betty arrived in London it was a total transformation, including a much more satisfactory finale. Thank you for this video, it has brought back many wonderful memories of family and friends I took to see her, as well as this amazing talent.

So glad I found this. I saw Betty Buckley in London. She was perfection in this role. The hair on my arms was standing on end by the time the number was over. She was absolutely electrifying. I clapped my hands raw. No one does it as well and I say that as a major Lupone fan.

Fantastic marriage of artist, role and score.

She ellevates musical theatre to a much higher level.

I think the reason that Betty is such an amazing Norma is that she absolutely commands attention! Not in the over exaggerated way that Close does, but in such a way that you have no choice, but to give it to her. In my opinion that's exactly how Norma would be!

Fabulous. Brava!!

The only Norma to get show stopping standing ovations after this and As If We Never Said Goodbye.

what a remarkable salesman Betty Buckley is in this role. she had me from the first note. I love the voice ! I love the singing actress. What a wonderful gift to us she is !

I never comment on videos, but this gave me goosebumps. I've been listening to versions of this song all night and this is the only one I've heard that has the power to back up the song. It's well done by other artists, but it was missing the umph behind it....until this one. Stunning.

I saw her in London - she was absolutly fantastic! She is the greatest star of all!!!!

She's so classy, she don't need to cartoonize the role to deliver a great performance, best stage Norma ever.

thats how its done baby. such a glorious truthful performance

I remember my excitement seeing her do this on Broadway. I shall always cherish her performance and her talent

What an unbelieavalbe performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!