Super exciting time for her. At the final performance I ‘heard’ how much excitement in the delivery and reaction to “I’ll be back” where she was ‘Born to be’ was. Maybe she will explore other projects first, but I would not be shocked to see her back in a Kiss of the Spider Woman revival in a few years.
I continue to laugh at her ‘haters’. Nicole literally proved she is one of the greatest Broadway performers of all time in this one role. She runs circles around most Broadway veterans with her talent and star presence. She beat Audra in Gypsy for gods sake. To me it seems embarrassingly petty and ridden in jealousy and mediocrity for someone to just dismiss her achievements or talent.
She is a cross between Judy Garland and Whitney Houston.
Im not really sure I get the Sutton Foster comparisons. Nicole is currently peaking in her career and has raised the bar with a brand new unique sound on Broadway. Sutton Foster is at a different point career wise, and she never had Nicole’s voice anyway. The only people I would even put in the same category of Nicole in terms of vocal standards and unique timbre are people like Audra, Jennifer H, Cynthia E, Patti, Bernadette in her peak mid 90s etc. this is not child’s play or just ‘another actor’.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
Updated On: 8/2/25 at 06:13 AM