Sherie Rene Scott
| Sherie Rene Scott |
| Born |
February 8, 1967 (1967-02-08) (age 45)
Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Actress, singer, writer |
| Years active |
1990–present |
Sherie Rene Scott (born February 8, 1967)[1] is an American actress, singer and writer. She is a co-founder of Grammy winning Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records and has performed in numerous Off-Broadway and Broadway musicals and plays, and appears on numerous solo and original cast recordings.
Life and career
Scott was born in Kentucky.[2] When she turned 18, Scott moved from Kansas to New York City to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse. After graduation, she was cast in the 25th-anniversary production of Hair at the United Nations.
In 2010 Scott starred in the critically acclaimed production Everyday Rapture, which Scott wrote with co-author Dick Scanlan. Everyday Rapture began its run on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in previews April 19, 2010, and officially opened on April 29, 2010. The show played to sold out audiences throughout the run, finally ending its limited engagement on July 11, 2010. Scott received Tony Award nominations for Best Book, and Best Leading Actress in a Musical, and Drama Desk Award nominations in the categories of Best Leading Actress, Best Book, and Best Musical for Rapture.[3][4]
On Broadway she has starred in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, garnering nominations for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award.[5][6][7] She starred as Amneris in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (2000), for which she won the Clarence Derwent Award and was a Drama League Honoree.[8][9] The single "A Step Too Far" performed by Elton John, Heather Headley and Sherie Rene Scott from the 1999 Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida Concept Album charted at #15.
Other Broadway credits include Sally Simpson in Tommy (1993), Marty in Grease (1995–96), Maureen in Rent (1997), and originating the role of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (2007) for which she received her second Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.[10][11][12]
Off-Broadway roles include John Guare’s play Landscape of the Body at the Signature Theatre, for which she received a 2006 Obie Award[13] and a Lucille Lortel Award[14] and was a Drama League honoree. Musicals include Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the title role in Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical.
In regional theatre, she has appeared in world premiere productions of Randy Newman's Faust (1995), where she met her future husband, Kurt Deutsch. She appeared in Kander and Ebb’s Over and Over, at the Signature Theatre, which was a musical adaptation of The Skin of Our Teeth, receiving a nomination for a Helen Hayes Award.[15][16]
Along with husband Kurt Deutsch, Scott co-founded the Grammy Award–winning Sh-K-Boom Records and Ghostlight Records, which seeks to preserve original cast albums and solo recordings by Broadway artists.[17][18] After garnering seven Grammy nominations, the label won their first Grammy in 2009 for the Original Cast Recording of In The Heights.
She starred as Pepa in the musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which began previews on Broadway on October 8, 2010 and opened officially on November 4, 2010.[19][20] The show closed on January 2, 2011.[21] For this role she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.[22]
Broadway credits
Source: Internet Broadway Database[23]
- The Who's Tommy, 1993, Sally Simpson (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording)
- Rent, Maureen
- Grease, Marty
- Aida, 2000, Amneris (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 2005, Christine Colgate (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording, Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination, Outer Critics Circle Nomination)
- The Little Mermaid, 2008, Ursula (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording, Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination)
- You May Now Worship Me, 2008, Benefit Concert at the Eugene O'Neil Theater (for the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative of The Actors’ Fund)
- Everyday Rapture, Sherie Rene Scott (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording, Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination)
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Pepa (Original Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording, Drama Desk Nomination)
Other theatrical credits
- Randy Newman's Faust, 1995, (The La Jolla Playhouse), Martha (Original Cast)[24]
- Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical (Off-Broadway), 2002, Debbie (Original Off-Broadway Cast, Original Cast Recording)[25]
- The Last Five Years (Off-Broadway), 2002, Cathy (Original Off-Broadway Cast, Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording, Drama Desk Nomination)[26][27]
- Landscape of the Body (Off-Broadway), 2006, Rosalie (Original Off-Broadway Revival Cast); also Williamstown Theatre Festival, 2003[28]
- Next To Normal (Off-Broadway workshop as Feeling Electric), Diana Brown (2002 Cutting Room Cast)[29]
Discography
Source: Amazon.com[30]
Filmography
References
Notes
- ^ Some sources give 1969, but Scott herself, at the Official Sherie Rene Scott Myspace Page and at Lovece, Frank, "Sherie Rene Scott is caught up in the 'Rapture'", Newsday, 06 May 2010, gives 1967
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Diva Talk: A Chat with Scoundrels' Sherie Rene Scott", Playbill, June 3, 2005
- ^ Jones, Kenneth.Everyday Rapture, With Sherie Rene Scott, Will Play Broadway; Opening Is April 29 Playbill.com, April 1, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Just the Nominees, Please: 2010 Tony Award Nominations Announced" Playbill.com, May 3, 2010
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Ends Its Broadway Streak Sept. 3; Tour Is Hot" Playbill.com, September 3, 2006
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Just the Facts: List of 2005 Tony Award Winners and Nominees" Playbill.com, June 6, 2005
- ^ "'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' listing, 2005-2006" Internet Broadway Database, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ "'Aida' listing, 2000-2004" Internet Broadway Database, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ Lefkowitz, David."Aida's Scott and Green Bird's Smith Are Derwent Winners, June 13" Playbill.com, June 13, 2000
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Fish Got to Swim: Little Mermaid Opens on Broadway Jan. 10" Playbill.com, January 10, 2008
- ^ "'The Little Mermaid' listing, 2008-2009" Internet Broadway Database, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."South Pacific Is Big Winner in Outer Critics Circle Awards" Playbill.com, May 12, 2008
- ^ Jones, Kenneth."Adam Rapp, Lois Smith, Sherie Rene Scott among 2006 Obie Award Winners" Playbill.com, May 15, 2006
- ^ "Lortel Awards, 2007" lortel.org, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ Davidson, Susan."Some Thoughts on 'Over and Over'" curtainup.com, February 10, 1999
- ^ "Helen Hayes Award winners and nominees, 2000" helenhayes.org, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ Feldman, Adam."Sh-K-Boom time"Time Out New York, Issue 615 : Jul 11–18, 2007
- ^ Simonson, Robert."The Melody Lingers On: Small Labels Keep Theatre Music Alive" Playbill.com, March 29, 2007
- ^ Hetrick, Adam."Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott and Laura Benanti Are Women on the Verge Beginning Oct. 8" Playbill, October 8, 2010
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141520-Patti-LuPone-Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Sherie-Rene-Scott-Cast-in-Broadways-Women-on-the-Verge
- ^ Hetrick, Adam."Broadway's 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' Will Close Early" Playbill.com, December 28, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores 12 Nominations" Playbill.com, April 29, 2011
- ^ "Sherie Rene Scott Broadway credits and awards" Internet Broadway Database, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ "LaJolla Playhouse history" lajollaplayhouse.com, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio."Sherie René Scott and Paul Fitzgerald Do Debbie for the Last Time, Jan. 4" Playbill.com, December 30, 2002
- ^ Sommer, Elyse."Review" curtainup.com, March 5, 2002
- ^ Simonson, Robert."Foster, Wilson and Scott Join Performers on Drama Desk Ceremony, May 19" Playbill.com, May 14, 2002
- ^ Sommer, Elyse and Gutman, Les."Curtain Up review, 2003 and 2006" curtainup.com, July 12, 2003 and April 10, 2006
- ^ "Sherie René Scott and Norbert Leo Butz Reunite for New Musical Feeling Electric, July 22" Playbill.com, July 17, 2002
- ^ "Sherie Rene Scott recordings at amazon.com amazon.com, retrieved May 22, 2010
- ^ Hetrick, Adam and Hernandez, Ernio.""Get Happy": Cast Album of Sherie Rene Scott's Everyday Rapture Hits iTunes April 27" playbill.com, April 27, 2010
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Little Mermaid Broadway Cast Recording Now Available for Pre-Sale" playbill.com, December 14, 2007
- ^ Gans, Andrew."Bright Lights, Big City CD — with Patrick Wilson — Hits Stores June 21" Playbill.com, June 21, 2005
- ^ a b "Status of 2000 Cast Albums" Playbill.com, December 26, 2000
- ^ Frank, Jonathan."Interview with Sherie Rene Scott" talkinbroadway.com, October 2002
- ^ "Listing, 'Marci X'" Internet Movie Database, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ "Listing, 'The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery'" Internet Movie Database, retrieved May 21, 2010
- ^ "'P.S. I Love You' listing" allmovie.com, retrieved May 22, 2010
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February 8, 1967 |
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Kentucky, U.S. |
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