Nicole Scherzinger earns standing ovation for perfect performance in Broadway debut
The iconic musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber is now being performed in New York City at the St. James Theatre in a magnificent revival directed by Jamie Lloyd.
You might want to wear comfy shoes if you’re fortunate enough to score a ticket to see Nicole Scherzinger in the Broadway version of Sunset Boulevard.
When the show officially opened at the St. James Theatre in New York City on Sunday, October 20, the Grammy nominee received several mid-show standing ovations, including one that lasted six minutes, for her chilling, career-defining performance in the musical.
Fans of the former frontwoman of Pussycat Doll believe that this moment is long overdue and is truly amazing to behold.
As Scherzinger makes her Broadway debut, she is finally receiving the roses she deserves after years of gaining experience in the music business and failing to establish herself as a solo artist in the United States.
In the line «I’ve come home at last» from «As If We Never Said Goodbye,» she even uses the word «home» again, perhaps to remind everyone that she belongs on stage.
For portraying the fading silent film icon Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Scherzinger will undoubtedly receive much more than roses this time around.
Many people believe that the X-Factor and Masked Singer judge is the front-runner for a Tony Award, and she should be making room on her shelf for one.
She was already awarded the Olivier Award during the musical’s run in London’s West End.
In addition to having a strong voice, Scherzinger has given the character new depths that spectators have never seen before—and that doesn’t even include the hip dance steps choreographer Fabian Aloise has planned.
Desmond, played by Scherzinger, is simultaneously affable, humorous, seductive, clever, theatrical, cunning, and terrible.
She seduces everyone around her in a way that makes you want to support her, even when her actions turn unpleasant and outlandish.
She would be an amazing Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, to put it mildly.
After Hollywood decides she is too old for the business, Desmond hires young screenwriter Joe Gillis (Tom Francis) to help her make a comeback to the silver screen.
The show is based on Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning 1950 film and was adapted for the stage by book writers and lyricists Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
But when Desmond learns of Gillis’s connection to young author Betty Schaefer (the intelligent Grace Hodgett Young), she starts to feel intimidated.
And in her despair, nothing can stop her next move, not even Desmond’s loyal valet Max von Mayerling (playwright David Thaxton, at his best).