Will the realCherplease stand up?
On Tuesday, the legendary singer paid an unannounced visit to Broadway’sThe Cher Show,the biopic musical based on her life.
PEOPLE andEntertainment Weeklyhave an exclusive joint look at Cher’s visit, and the standing ovation she received from the crowd when she made her way to her seat during Act 2 at New York City’s Neil Simon Theatre. Decked in a bedazzled black beret, matching poncho, and black leggings, Cher was all smiles as she walked down the aisle, shaking hands while greeting surprised fans and posing for pictures.
Cher also posed on stage with Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block (Falsettos), Teal Wicks (Wicked, Finding Neverland), and newcomer Micaela Diamond — the three actresses who play her in the musical. Each step into Cher’s iconic shoes at different points in her life and seven-decade career.
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The Cher Showuses the Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-winning actress’s score of her hits — including “I Got You Babe,” “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” “If I Could Turn Back Time,” and “Believe” — to help tell the story of her life.
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Cher originally sawThe Cher Showback in June while it was having its out-of-town tryout in Chicago. She hilariously toldThe Chicago Tribuneafterwards that it “needs work.”
Since then, she seems happy with what the creative team has done. During a conversation with Tony winning producer Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton) for his SiriusXM specialThe Cher Show: Making the Musical, Cher said she loved seeing all three Chers on stage together – including some scenes in which an older version of Cher gives advice to a younger version of Cher.
“I only wish it would have really happened,” theMamma Mia: Here We Go Againstar joked. ‘I could have saved a whole lot of painful s—, okay? I wish that they would have been there and someone who could say, ‘You can leave him!’ "
Cher is expected back in New York on Monday forThe Cher Show’s official opening.
source: people.com
