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But this semi-staged version seems closer to the Wilder film noir and boasts a breathtaking performance from Glenn Close as the fallen Hollywood star, Norma Desmond, lost in a world of illusions.

Jonathan Kent's production this evocation of the rackety world of American vaudeville – with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents – boasted a breathtaking performance from Imelda Staunton, who played Mama Rose not as some implacable monster but as a jaunty, defiant woman seeking surrogate stardom through the showbiz success of her two daughters.

Mr. Washington gives a breathtaking performance -- Saturday at 9 p.m. on CBS.

With Leontyne Price and Fiorenza Cossotto, Mr. Pavarotti and Ghiaurov and Karajan, this is the document of a breathtaking performance.

Serena Williams produced a breathtaking performance to win the women's singles final and defeat Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1.

Pang and Tong, the 2006 world champions, had the highest score in the long program with a breathtaking performance of daring lifts, precise jumps and tangible emotion.

Brazil produced a breathtaking performance at the Maracana to overwhelm Spain and claim their third consecutive Fifa Confederations Cup.

"When we beat Wigan, we produced a breathtaking performance, but we had nothing left in the week.

Luminous Motion (2000) was produced by Ted Hope and Anthony Bregman and stars Deborah Kara Unger in a breathtaking performance.

But most impressive is the young Aidan Gemme, who gives a breathtaking performance as Sylvia's son, Peter.

It was a breathtaking performance, the sort of thing that only a true intellectual who keeps up constantly with the relevant scholarship could do.