During select performances of the hit show Sunset Boulevard Mandy Gonzalez guest stars as the silent screen star, taking over for Nicole Scherzinger. It's a role of a lifetime for the In The Heights and Hamilton star.
silent screen star Norma Desmond returns to the Paramount lot after twenty years living under the radar in her crumbling mansion. She sings the song,"As If We Never Said Goodbye.” In this poignant anthem to reclaiming the glory and spotlight she once had, she sings:
Singing “As If We Never Said Goodbye” to the packed crowd at the St. James Theatre Gonzalez also feels a profound sense of gratitude. “I see everybody who has been a part of my life,” says Gonzalez whose father is Mexican-American and mother is Jewish. “In my mind I see all those faces. I can feel and hear them in those seats—including people who are no longer with us.
“Throughout my life I was told to change my name because it was too ethnic. And that I would never be able to play roles like Norma Desmond,” says Gonzalez. “Being someone from a mixed background, as a Mexican American and Jewish American, society makes you feel like you don't belong anyplace.” So it’s very full circle for her to be a part of this production and portray Norma. “To sing this kind of music, which I grew up loving, is really a dream come true,” she says.
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