Arielle Jacobs will return to the stage for the first time post-vocal injury for a special performance following a screening of the original 1950 Sunset Boulevard film at New York City’s United Palace September 28.
The bilingual Broadway Collective is presenting the pre-show for the screening of Billy Wilder‘s cinema classic, which will kick off the evening with Jacobs performing “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” the famed ballad from Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical adaptation of the film. Also slated to perform is Luis E. Mora and instrumentalist James Teal.
The evening will mark Jacobs’ first time performing onstage following a serious vocal injury, which required surgery and several months of healing.
“This song is really emotional for me to sing…I had an exposed blood vessel which meant that I was at a 50% risk of re-injury every time I sang.” said Jacobs in a statement. “Following a successful surgery and months of healing, this is the first time I can stand in front of an audience and it’ll be as if we never said goodbye.”
Jacobs addressed her injury and recovery publicly in an in-depth video posted on Instagram on September 23; watch the video below.
Jacobs has performed in a number of acclaimed Broadway shows, including Here Lies Love, In the Heights, Wicked, and Aladdin. She originated the role of Delilah in the new musical Between the Lines, which debuted Off-Broadway in 2022 ahead of filmed version that’s streaming on Prime Video.
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