Nicole Scherzinger to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical Cats

is set to make her West End debut in

s record-breaking musical

. The American star will play

in the show, which is returning to London for a

on 6 December.

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"I am really

in such an

," Nicole, 36, said. "

and was lucky enough a couple of years ago to record

' beautiful song

."Andrew's score is

and I am truly honoured to have been asked to take part in what I know will be a

I can't wait to begin rehearsals."

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Nicole was previously a member of the

, before moving on to a

and appearing as a judge on

. She is set to release her second album,

on 20 October.

is based on

's

, and first opened in 1981 at the New London Theatre, where it played there for

, putting on just under 9,000 performance.It opened in

on 1983 where it ran for

, and became the recipient of seven Tony awards.