Sherie Rene Scott
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Sherie René Scott (born February 8, 1969) is a well-acclaimed American actress and singer. She has appeared in numerous productions both on and off Broadway.
Sherie graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre. She founded Sh-K-Boom Records, an independent label, with her husband Kurt. Her solo album, Sherie Rene...Men I've Had, was released on Ghostlight Records, another which she co-founded. Sherie grew up in Kansas and came to New York City when she was 18. She and her husband Kurt have a baby boy named Elijah. When not in NYC they reside in Putnam County, New York.
She most recently appeared in the original production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway, co-starring with John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz in the original cast. For her performance as Christine Colgate, she was nominated as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for the 2005 Tony Awards.
Sherie took a short leave of absence from the Broadway production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels to appear in Landscape of the Body off-Broadway. On June 20, 2006, she returned to her role in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels until the show closed that September.
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[edit] Filmography
- Marci X ....Kirsten Blatt
- The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery ....Dawn
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells Tour .... April O'Neil
[edit] Broadway credits
- The Who's Tommy ....Sally Simpson (Original Broadway Cast, CD)
- RENT ....Maureen
- Grease ....Marty
- Aida ....Amneris (Original Broadway Cast, CD)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ....Christine Colgate (Original Broadway Cast, CD, Tony nomination)
[edit] Other Theatrical credits
- Faust (The La Jolla Playhouse) ....Martha (Original Cast)
- Debbie Does Dallas (Off-Broadway) ....Debbie (Original Off-Broadway Cast, CD)
- The Last Five Years (Off-Broadway) ....Cathy (Original Off-Broadway Cast, CD)
- Landscape of the Body (Off-Broadway) ....Rosalie (Original Off-Broadway Revival Cast)
[edit] Trivia
- Sherie was the first replacement for Maureen played by Idina Menzel in RENT on Broadway, and Idina would go on to be a replacement for the role of Amneris in which Sherie originated on Broadway in Aida.
- Sherie is a close, long-time friend of Norbert Leo Butz. They have co-starred three times together in RENT, The Last 5 Years, and recently in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on Broadway.
- Sherie and Brooke Shields are close friends who met while starring together in the Broadway revival of Grease.
- Scott wasn’t familiar with much opera before being cast as Amneris, the Pharoah’s daughter, in the Verdi opera inspired musical entitled Aida. Scott considered Disney's Aida to be a “pop musical,” resulting in her lack of research on the show as well as her character. Her main concern about playing Amneris, who at first appears comedic and superficial before revealing her true self, was that she’s white playing an Egyptian princess. Scott learned that her assumption that all Egyptians were black or Nubian was incorrect. She also read much on Elizabeth I who she felt shared many similarities with Amneris.
- Sherie admired the work of John Kander and Fred Ebb, played Sabina in the tryout of their musical, Over and Over. She was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for her performance. Scott continuously found herself being involved with new works. She compared being in a new musical with “…going to war. You leave your friends and family; you know your life is going to be taken over. You could come back with serious injuries or with a little medal on your chest. It’s the most humbling, the most exhilarating, the most creative experience—and the best training that an actor can do” (Buckley 57).
