DUNAWAY HOPES TO DEBUT AS A SINGER IN `SUNSET'

Faye Dunaway wants to add "diva" to her resume.

Dunaway will replace Glenn Close in the Los Angeles version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Boulevard," Dunaway's manager, Bob Palmer, said Thursday."This will be her debut as a singer, and she's ready," Palmer said.

Webber spokesman Peter Brown said the agreement still must be finalized.

"Sunset Boulevard" is the stage version of Billy Wilder's 1950 film about a reclusive, aging, silent movie goddess. It is scheduled to open on Broadway in November with Close keeping her role of Norma Desmond.