In the Andrew Lloyd Webber show, Scherzinger stars as Norma Desmond, which has already earned her an Olivier Award for her turn in the role on the West End. Scherzinger is already earning rave reviews for her Broadway debut — and the actress even earned a six-minute standing ovation on her opening night.

Director Jamie Lloyd strips down both the material and the staging, threading film into theater in his radical take on the 1993 show based on the classic Hollywood noir about a forgotten screen siren.