Nicole Scherzinger is set to star as Norma Desmond in a major new West End production of Sunset Boulevard – 30 years after the show first opened.
Inspired by the 1950 film of the same name, the musical features songs by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, and features Norma, a silent film star whose career is fading, and she teams up with a young screenwriter named Joe Gillis as both seek to reach the heights of Hollywood fame.
Jamie Lloyd will direct the production, which will have a strictly limited 16-week run starting in September at the Savoy Theatre in central London.
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During his career, Lloyd Webber has worked on the stage with film and TV stars including James McAvoy, Emilia Clarke, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Claire Foy.
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Jamie Lloyd said: “After our reappraisal of Evita at the Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, I’m very excited to rediscover another iconic Lloyd Webber musical – and Sunset Boulevard is one of his most thrilling, complex and atmospheric scores.”
Lloyd Webber added: “Nicole is one of the finest singers I have worked with, and I can’t wait to get started on this exciting show with her and the rest of this brilliant team.”
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Best known as a member of the Pussycat Dolls, Scherzinger’s career spans TV, film and theatre. She has been a judge on the X Factor on both sides of the Atlantic, and currently sits on the panel of The Masked Singer in the US.
The former girlfriend of Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton had her West End debut in 2014 as Grizabella in the musical Cats which earned her an Olivier Award nomination.
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