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Nicole Scherzinger’s Tony Win Was a Beautiful Moment — and Absolutely Deserved
Nicole Scherzinger won best actress in a musical at the Tony Awards for her role as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard."
While most of the buzz seemed to position this as a battle between Scherzinger and six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald for her stunning turn in “Gypsy,” the entire lineup was an embarrassment of riches. She walks the fine lamp between camp and tragedy with her overpronounced dialogue, the way she elongates her words for dramatic effect, often seeming to add syllables where they don’t belong. The original 1994 Broadway version earned praise for the performances and spectacle, but the sentiment expressed in the Variety review was not uncommon: “Lloyd Webber embellishes “Sunset” without improving it, steamrolling the Billy Wilder satire with a lowbrow sensibility that owes more to burlesque than to film noir.” In theater lore, “Sunset Boulevard” was often better known for its off-screen drama (legal battles including LuPone suing the production when she was cut from the Broadway run and headlines about the epic running costs) than its songs or staging.
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