Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger makes her luminous Broadway debut in an uneven rework of Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Sunset Boulevard."

For despite many fascinating interventions by the director Jamie Lloyd and his technical team, and the fact that it is based on one of the greatest of movies, the musical remains too silly for words. In that sense, and others, Norma would have loved it.

As she sings the final verse of "As If We Never Said Goodbye," one of two showstopping numbers that bolster the musical "Sunset Boulevard," Nicole Scherzinger turns her face skyward. Her architectural cheekbones reflect the glare of the spotlight,