Nicole Scherzinger can add bonafide Broadway star to her list of professional accolades, after her impressive debut in the revival of Sunset Boulevard.
The musical, based on the 1950 film of the same name, first premiered in London’s West End in 1993, starring Patti Lupone as Norma Desmond, and Glenn Close starred in the 1994 Broadway run.
Close also returned for the 2016 West End revival and the 2017 Broadway revival, although Scherzinger, 46, starred in the 2023 West End revival.
She took home the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and after a successful run (grossing $1 million in its first week), the show opened in earnest Sunday at the St. James Theatre.
The actress received numerous standing ovations during her Broadway debut, including one, according to Peoplewhich lasted a whopping six minutes.
Nicole Scherzinger can add bona fide Broadway star to her list of professional accolades, after her impressive debut in the revival of Sunset Boulevard.
The actress received numerous standing ovations during her Broadway debut, including one, according to People, that lasted a whopping six minutes.
She also posed for photographs with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, while covered in fake blood.
While standing ovations aren’t necessarily out of the ordinary on Broadway, The daily beast He insisted that this ovation was very different.
‘It’s not the usual Broadway ovation: polite and obedient. It’s not even the happy, appreciative standing ovation: sincere and feel-good. This is something else. The shouts and applause continue, wave after wave of loud gratitude, no one is in a hurry to stop or leave,” the article says.
They added that the only thing that came close to that kind of “audience fervor in recent years was reaction to Bette Midler in the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!
‘On Sunset Boulevard. “Furthermore, it is believed that the roof could legitimately fly off, or that the theater could simply be launched into outer space propelled by an explosive burst of pure gay joy,” they added.
There should be paramedics outside to make sure everyone emerges, dazed and delirious, from the crazy fabulousness of Sunset Blvd. and remains safely upright. In the best way, the show brings the camp and the show to the necessary oxygen levels on Everest.
In September he revealed that he had never considered taking on the iconic role before speaking to Andrew Lloyd Webber.
“I was like, ‘Are you crazy? “Are you crazy?” I didn’t understand it because I only had Glenn Close and Gloria Swanson in mind in the old movie,” Scherzinger said.
She also posed for photographs with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, while covered in fake blood.
While standing ovations aren’t necessarily out of the ordinary on Broadway, The Daily Beast insisted that this standing ovation was quite different.
‘It’s not the usual Broadway ovation: polite and obedient. It’s not even the happy, appreciative standing ovation: sincere and feel-good. This is something else. The shouts and applause continue, wave after wave of loud gratitude, no one is in a hurry to stop or leave,” the article says.
‘It’s not the usual Broadway ovation: polite and obedient. It’s not even the happy, appreciative standing ovation: sincere and feel-good. This is something else. The shouts and applause continue, wave after wave of loud gratitude, no one is in a hurry to stop or leave,” the article says.
She revealed in September that she had never considered taking on the iconic role before speaking to Andrew Lloyd Webber.
“He told me, ‘Don’t watch the movie, don’t listen to anyone else, just read the lines and listen to the music.’ And when I did, I fell in love with Norma,” she said.
‘I didn’t realize that this is the role I’ve been waiting to play my whole life. We are making a new and completely different interpretation,’ he insisted.
“There are a lot of parallels between Sunset Boulevard and what you have to do to make it in Hollywood,” Scherzinger added.
“Even when you’re packed with so much talent, you can be overlooked because of stereotypes and ageism. It’s a tragedy. “We have so much ammunition for this, so much fuel,” he said.