Photo: Brian Rankin for New York Magazine
This article was originally published on August 28, 2024. We are republishing following Sunset Blvd.’s opening night at the St. James Theatre.
They wanted up-tempo,” Nicole Scherzinger purrs in the insulated register of a pop star preserving her voice, “so I’ll do a fun little set of the hits.” You may know the hits yourself: Scherzinger is best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, the aughts girl group whose songs touch a certain age bracket in the amygdala and get them on the dance floor. You probably remember the bravado of…
