With a Remarkably Intense Performance, Nicole Scherzinger Brings to Life the Fictional Star at the Center of ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Norma Desmond

The production that introduces Scherzinger’s Norma to New York is a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of ‘Sunset Boulevard’ that has already earned wild acclaim during a London run.

Marc Brenner
Nicole Scherzinger in 'Sunset Boulevard.' Marc Brenner

If Norma Desmond were a real person, and were she still with us, she’d be jumping for joy right about now. That’s because the fictional Hollywood has-been at the center of “Sunset Boulevard” — first introduced by a garishly made-up, 50-ish Gloria Swanson in Billy Wilder’s satirical film noir — is now being played on Broadway by Nicole Scherzinger, the drop-dead-gorgeous singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of a girl group, The Pussycat Dolls.

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