A revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard swept the board at the Oliviers on Sunday night, winning a joint-record number of awards for a musical.
The West End show, featuring music by Lord Lloyd Webber, 76, was recognised with seven Olivier Awards, putting it on a par with previous winners Hamilton, Matilda and Cabaret.
Singer and former X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger, who plays the leading role, was named best actress in a musical.
Her performance marked her first return to the West End since her debut in Lord Lloyd Webber’s Cats in 2015, for which she received an Olivier nomination.
Scherzinger plays Norma Desmond, the silent screen goddess who yearns for a comeback while holed up in an LA mansion, in a revival of a musical first staged in 1993 and inspired by the 1950 Billy Wilder film.
The musical won prizes including best musical revival, best actor in a musical, for Scherzinger’s co-star Tom Francis, and best director for Jamie Lloyd, who reimagined the show.
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