Nicole Scherzinger on How Her “Pop Star Mentality” Prepared Her for ‘Sunset Blvd.,’ “Manifesting” a Film Adaptation and First Tony Nom
Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her Tonys closeup.
Scherzinger scored her first Tony nomination last week for playing Norma Desmond, a former film star who enlists Joe Gillis (played by Tom Francis) to help with her planned comeback, in director Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of the musical and film Sunset Boulevard, with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music.
The show, titled Sunset Blvd. in this iteration, is also her Broadway debut, and she’s nominated alongside 11-time Tony nominee Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her), Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop! The Musical) and Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her). Scherzinger tells The Hollywood Reporter she feels like she is “with the greats.”
However, for Scherzinger, who rose to fame as the lead singer of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls, this moment has been a journey of more than 30 years “home” to the Broadway stage. And despite being proud of the “many careers” she’s had,...
Scherzinger scored her first Tony nomination last week for playing Norma Desmond, a former film star who enlists Joe Gillis (played by Tom Francis) to help with her planned comeback, in director Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of the musical and film Sunset Boulevard, with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music.
The show, titled Sunset Blvd. in this iteration, is also her Broadway debut, and she’s nominated alongside 11-time Tony nominee Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her), Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop! The Musical) and Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her). Scherzinger tells The Hollywood Reporter she feels like she is “with the greats.”
However, for Scherzinger, who rose to fame as the lead singer of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls, this moment has been a journey of more than 30 years “home” to the Broadway stage. And despite being proud of the “many careers” she’s had,...
- 5/8/2025
- by Lexi Carson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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