Nicole Scherzinger to Star in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway in the Fall
The revival, birthed in London, is a radically reimagined version of the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a 1950 Billy Wilder film.
By Michael Paulson
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