Shayna McPherson
Biography
Training: The Urdang Academy. Theatre includes The Artist (Theatre Royal, Plymouth), Sunset Blvd. (West End), Johannes Radebe: Freedom Unleashed (U.K. tour), Aladdin (Stuttgart), The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre). Film includes Disenchanted (Disney). Shayna is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in Sunset Blvd.
Credits
Sunset Boulevard
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Nicole Scherzinger
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
(she/her) is a Grammy-nominated, plat- inum-selling singer, actress and dancer. Scherzinger revisits her critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning performance as Norma Desmond in Jamie Lloyd’s reimag- ining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd. The West End production won seven Olivier Awards, including Best Musical Revival. Scherzinger also won the Best Musical Performance award at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. She made her West End debut in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. Additional theatre credits include Guys and Dolls, Chicago and Show Boat. She also played Maureen in Rent at the Hollywood Bowl. Television credits include “The X Factor,” “The Masked Singer” and NBC’s live musical special “Annie Live!” Scherzinger is also the voice of Moana’s mother Sina in Disney’s popular Moana films. She is a global artist and a former mem- ber of one of the world’s best-selling usic groups of all time, The Pussycat Dolls.
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David Thaxton
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
(he/him) Theatre credits include Sunset Blvd. (Savoy Theatre, Olivier Award nomi- nated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical); Passion (Donmar Warehouse, Olivier Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical); Les Misérables (Sondheim/ Queen’s); Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air); Come From Away (Phoenix); The Phantom of the Opera (His Majesty’s); Camelot (London Palladium); Love Never Dies (Adelphi); West End Men (Vaudeville); She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible); Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory); Jesus Christ Superstar – The Concert (Regents Park Open Air); Roller Diner (Soho); Only the Brave (Wales Millennium Centre); The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Southwark Playhouse). Training: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. David is co-founder and co-writer for the band Divisions (@Divisionsreal).
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Brandon LaVar
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
Broadway: MJ the Musical. Tour: Hello, Dolly! Regional: Muny, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Seattle Fifth Avenue Theatre. Film and televi- sion: “The Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt” and “Westworld.”
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Cydney Clark
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
Broadway debut! Past credits include SIX (NCL), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Theatre by the Sea), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (the Rev Theatre Company). Umich grad! Go blue.
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Abby Matsusaka
Currently in: Sunset Boulevard
(she/her) New York: Some Like It Hot (Broadway), Lempicka (Broadway), Once Upon a Mattress (City Center Encores). Regional: The Karate Kid (world premiere). Endless thanks to this remarkable creative team, Dustin, Marc, Jim and her unb lievably sup- portive family.
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Caroline Bowman
Currently in: SMASH
Currently, the Norma Desmond standby in the Revival of Sunset Blvd. Fresh off her 5-year run as Elsa in the North American tour of Disney’s Frozen playing over 1,000 performances. Broadway/Tours include Kinky Boots OBC and closing cast (Nicola), Wicked (Elphaba), Evita (Eva Peron, Helen Hayes nomination), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Fame (Carmen) and Grease (Rizzo). Select Regional: The Muny (All Shook up, Kinky Boots), Cape Playhouse (Gypsy), Toby’s Dinner Theatre (Joseph and the…) Helen Hayes nomination, Vancouver Opera (Evita). She holds a BFA in musical theatre from Penn State. Gratitude always to her team: Jen Namoff at Artists First, Brian Davidson at Innovative Artists and Bernie Telsey casting. Could never do this without family. Endless love to my number one, Austin Colby. God is good.
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