Nicole Scherzinger received her first Tony Award for her show-stopping efficiency as Norma Desmond within the acclaimed revival of Sundown Blvd.
“To begin with, I simply need to thank God for carrying me each step of the way in which. I offer you all of the glory,” Scherzinger, 46, mentioned in her acceptance speech on Sunday, June 8. “Y’all know this Broadway schedule is hardcore. I obtained to maintain it actual. … I’m so honored to be acknowledged alongside these distinctive warrior girls on this class. I need to thank all of you.”
Scherzinger was nominated in opposition to Megan Hilty, Audra McDonald, Jasmine Amy Rogers and Jennifer Simard for the Finest Efficiency by an Actress in a Main Position in a Musical trophy.
“[I’m] so proud to symbolize,” Scherzinger gushed. “I need to thank my mother, who had me at 18 and gave every little thing up for me. My dad [and] my sister … who instilled in me an unshakable religion. My ohana, my household, all 5,000 of you. You understand that I like you.”
Scherzinger additional thanked her fiancé, Thom Evans, “who believes in me after I overlook to imagine in myself.”
As the previous Pussycat Dolls singer broke down in tears, she additionally acknowledged her Sundown Blvd. staff. (The present additionally received Finest Revival of a Musical on Sunday.)
“Andrew Lloyd Webber, it’s occurred. It’s been such an honor to create with you,” she added, earlier than mentioning her onstage main man. “Tom Francis, thanks for letting me sever your head each single night time — and each efficiency. To our extraordinary forged, crew, producers, creatives, I’m eternally grateful to you. We killed that matinee right now, OK, actually. It’s no joke, this schedule!”
Scherzinger additionally profusely thanked the present’s director, Jamie Lloyd.
“You noticed me when nobody else did,” she mentioned. “You’ve given us all new methods to dream, and also you’ve modified my life eternally. Rising up, I at all times felt like I didn’t belong, however you all have made me really feel like I belong and I’ve come residence eventually!”
The viewers at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis subsequently burst into raucous applause.
“So, if anybody on the market who seems like they don’t belong, nicely, you’re time hasn’t come,” she tearfully added. “Don’t quit. Simply carry on giving and giving as a result of the world wants your love and your mild greater than ever. It is a testomony that love at all times win. Thanks a lot.”
Scherzinger beforehand received the Olivier Award for her Sundown efficiency when the manufacturing performed throughout the pond in London in 2024.