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Nicole Scherzinger as Rent's Maureen -- First Pictures & Video!

Nicole Scherzinger as Rent's Maureen -- First Pictures & Video!

Nicole Scherzinger kills it as sassy bisexual performance artist Maureen during opening night of the hit musical Rent at Hollywood Bowl on Friday night (August 6).

Check out the video below of the 32-year-old Pussycat Doll and Tracie Thoms (Joanne) sing “Take Me or Leave Me.” So good!!!

“The cast and [director Neil Patrick Harris] are great!” Nicole has said. “Hope ya have a blast with my Maureen. So blessed to be with such a beautiful cast!”


Nicole Scherzinger & Tracie Thoms: “Take Me or Leave Me”
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Credit: London Entertainment; Photos: SplashNewsOnline
Posted to: Broadway, Nicole Scherzinger, Tracie Thomas

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# 1

really good! but everyone knew she would be.

# 2

That wasgreat! wish I was there

# 3

Fantastic, Nicole is amazing as always. I would love to go to
see it!

# 4

She can sing, but her interpretation of the song leaves something to be desired, imho. I wouldn’t call her an actress. Maybe I’ve been spoiled by Idina Menzel

# 5

she’s so awesome. she almost makes up for the atrocity that is hudgens as mimi

# 6

i was there last night and honestly, she stole the show. She was unbelievable and her voice was pure and raw talent. Her applause was louder than everyone’s each time

# 7

Now Nicole can SING! Amazing. Totally agree aly.

# 8

she’s simply AMAZING SINGER :D

# 9

Whoa. She was better than expected. But nowhere near Idina Menzel :P Can’t say the same about Vanessa Hudgens though. She did a horrible job as Mimi!

I have a new respect for Nicole. She’s an amazing singer

I have never seen Rent :(

SHE AND TRACIE WERE SO AMAZING!

Much better than Baby V I guess :D …. Now, that’s a great singer. Amazing performance and for the two of them, Nicole and that girl wth her. Don’t know much about the latter but she has a nce voice too and she screams talent! Good. The show is SAVED.

I did not know Nicole was this talent and she could sing this well. Way to go for proving me dead wrong. That was great.

I’m such a HUGE fan of RENT and even though it wasn’t no Idina Menzel. She did an AMAZING job. VH not so much. I very much respect Nicole and Tracie.

*talented

And, to be honest, I have heard from many many people who were there that Vanessa was amazing live and if you weren’t there you shouldn’t talk, because you didn’t get to view the whole performance. I even checked out her version of “Light My Candle” and it was significantly better than “Out Tonight” which is a damn hard song to pull off.

Well I was there and Vanessa wasn’t all that….just a pretty good average performer. Now Nicole was the one people were the most impressed by.

rock n roll queen @ 08/07/2010 at 4:35 pm

nicole rocks as maureen i cant describe how much i love rent n she did a fantastic job

FINALY!!!! PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT NICOLE CAN DO, SHE’S SO UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED AND SHE NEVER GETS ANY CREDIT FOR IT
AMAZING, NATURAL MAUREEN :)
LOVELOVELOVE NICOLE

“Sarah”–
-Honey—I WAS THERE and Vanessa was amazingly terrible. Anyone that knows this play will see that. She was like a little child trying to portray a famous broadway role. No great emotion in this wooden actress . On the other hand, Nicole S. ran circles around everyone. She was magnificent in both her voice and her form. She deserves to be a great STAR.

I saw it last night and Vanessa’s voice is surprisingly really really weak. At points t was embarassing listening to her sing in comparison to the other cast members. Nicole did amazing and blew me away.

THIS is how you do it. Tracie Thomas (Joanne) I knew would be amazing because she’s Tracie Thomas but I wasn’t expecting Nicole to be this good. Idina as the original Maureen will always be #1 and Eden a close 2nd but Nicole worked it out! Not all was lost.

status quo @ 08/08/2010 at 1:20 am

Yeah we were all spoiled by Idina Menzel. I envy that woman. She is a force to be reckon with. But Nicole was also phenomenal. Bravo! Yay for talent.

Now those are broadway singers.

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