Sherie Rene Scott Explained

Sherie Rene Scott
Birth Date:8 February 1967
Birth Place:Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation:Actor, singer, writer, producer
Yearsactive:1990–present

Sherie Rene Scott (born February 8, 1967)[1] is an American actor, singer, writer and producer. She has been seen in multiple Broadway and off-Broadway plays and musicals, on numerous solo and original cast recordings, and in various film and television roles.

Early life and education

Scott was born in Kentucky. When she was four years old, her family moved to Topeka, Kansas, where she grew up.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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, May 6, 2010, gives 1967
  2. Web site: July 2, 2024 . About Meisner . live . July 2, 2024 . Meisner International.
  3. Web site: Sherie Rene Scott - Alumni.
  4. Web site: August 13, 2024 . Sherie Rene Scott . live . August 13, 2024 . Playbill.
  5. Jones, Kenneth."Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Ends Its Broadway Streak Sept. 3; Tour Is Hot" Playbill.com, September 3, 2006
  6. Jones, Kenneth."Just the Facts: List of 2005 Tony Award Winners and Nominees" Playbill.com, June 6, 2005
  7. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=383315 "'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' listing, 2005–2006"
  8. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12485 "'Aida' listing, 2000–2004"
  9. Lefkowitz, David."Aida's Scott and Green Bird's Smith Are Derwent Winners, June 13" Playbill.com, June 13, 2000
  10. Web site: Desk . BWW News . BC/EFA Presents Sherie Rene Scott in 'You May Now Worship Me' Benefit March 31 . 2024-08-14 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  11. Web site: Lenzi . Linda . Photos: Sherie Rene Scott in 'You May Now Worship Me . 2024-08-14 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  12. News: Hernandez . Ernio . May 3, 2009 . Everyday Rapture, Starring Sherie Rene Scott, Opens Off-Broadway . live . August 17, 2024 . Playbill.
  13. News: Hernandez . Ernio . May 4, 2009 . Everyday Rapture, with Sherie Rene Scott, Extends Off-Broadway . live . August 17, 2024 . Playbill.
  14. Web site: Everyday Rapture . 2024-08-17 . www.iobdb.com.
  15. Jones, Kenneth.Everyday Rapture, With Sherie Rene Scott, Will Play Broadway; Opening Is April 29 Playbill.com, April 1, 2010
  16. Gans, Andrew."Just the Nominees, Please: 2010 Tony Award Nominations Announced" Playbill.com, May 3, 2010
  17. Gans, Andrew."Fish Got to Swim: Little Mermaid Opens on Broadway Jan. 10" Playbill.com, January 10, 2008
  18. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=456222 "'The Little Mermaid' listing, 2008–2009"
  19. Gans, Andrew."South Pacific Is Big Winner in Outer Critics Circle Awards" Playbill.com, May 12, 2008
  20. Hetrick, Adam."Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott and Laura Benanti Are Women on the Verge Beginning Oct. 8" Playbill, October 8, 2010
  21. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/141520-Patti-LuPone-Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Sherie-Rene-Scott-Cast-in-Broadways-Women-on-the-Verge "Patti LuPone Brian Stokes Mitchell Sherie Rene Scott Cast in Broadways 'Women on the Verge'"
  22. Hetrick, Adam."Broadway's 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' Will Close Early" Playbill.com, December 28, 2010
  23. Gans, Andrew."56th Annual Drama Desk Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Scores 12 Nominations" Playbill.com, April 29, 2011
  24. Web site: Nathan Lane, John Slattery to Star in 'The Front Page' on Broadway. Cox. Gordon. 2016-03-29. 2016-07-27.
  25. Web site: Review: In 'Whorl Inside a Loop,' Inmates Shape Their Stories. August 28, 2015. The New York Times.
  26. Web site: Off Broadway Review: Sherie Rene Scott's 'Whorl Inside a Loop'. Stasio. Marilyn. September 3, 2015.
  27. Jones, Kenneth."Adam Rapp, Lois Smith, Sherie Rene Scott among 2006 Obie Award Winners" Playbill.com, May 15, 2006
  28. http://www.lortel.org/llf_awards/index.cfm?page=previous2007 "Lortel Awards, 2007"
  29. Web site: 'Last 5 Years': All the Theater World Cameos.
  30. Web site: Sherie Rene Scott, Jason Robert Brown, Betsy Wolfe and More Make Cameos in 'Last Five Years' Film Playbill. Playbill. 2016-07-27.
  31. Web site: 'Last 5 Years': All the Theater World Cameos. 2016-07-27.
  32. Davidson, Susan."Some Thoughts on 'Over and Over'" curtainup.com, February 10, 1999
  33. http://www.helenhayes.org/sub/nr.cfm "Helen Hayes Award winners and nominees, 2000"
  34. Feldman, Adam."Sh-K-Boom time"Time Out New York, Issue 615 : Jul 11–18, 2007
  35. [Simonson, Robert]
  36. Web site: Sherie Rene Scott. September 1, 2016. June 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170614063815/http://www.sh-k-boom.com/sherie-rene-scott-all-will-be-well-piece-of-meat-studio-sessions. dead.
  37. Web site: Sherie Rene Scott on Bringing Piece of Meat to London, Producing The Last Five Years on Screen & Playing a 'F**kable Mom'.
  38. Gans, Andrew."Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Benanti, Leslie Uggams, Victor Garber, Liz Callaway and More Join Lineup for 54 Below" Playbill.com, March 14, 2012
  39. Web site: Sherie Rene Scott & Norbert Leo Butz: TWOHANDER. Feinstein's/54 Below. en-US. 2020-02-04.
  40. News: They Didn't Speak for Nearly a Decade. Then They Made a Show About It.. Soloski. Alexis. 2019-07-08. The New York Times. 2020-02-04. en-US. 0362-4331.
  41. http://www.lajollaplayhouse.com/about-the-playhouse/playhouse-history/production-history#date-1990 "LaJolla Playhouse history"
  42. Hernandez, Ernio."Sherie René Scott and Paul Fitzgerald Do Debbie for the Last Time, Jan. 4" Playbill.com, December 30, 2002
  43. Sommer, Elyse."Review" curtainup.com, March 5, 2002
  44. Simonson, Robert."Foster, Wilson and Scott Join Performers on Drama Desk Ceremony, May 19" Playbill.com, May 14, 2002
  45. http://v2.playbill.com/news/article/70898-Sherie-Ren-Scott-and-Norbert-Leo-Butz-Reunite-for-New-Musical-Feeling-Electric-July-22+Cutting-Room "Sherie René Scott and Norbert Leo Butz Reunite for New Musical Feeling Electric, July 22"
  46. Sommer, Elyse and Gutman, Les."Curtain Up review, 2003 and 2006" curtainup.com, July 12, 2003 and April 10, 2006
  47. Clement, Olivia,"Sherie Rene Scott Says Prison Drama Whorl Inside a Loop Is Broadway Bound, 2015" Playbill.com, December 7, 2015
  48. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/57575-Status-of-2000-Cast-Albums "Status of 2000 Cast Albums"
  49. Gans, Andrew."Bright Lights, Big City CD – with Patrick Wilson – Hits Stores June 21" Playbill.com, June 21, 2005
  50. Gans, Andrew."Little Mermaid Broadway Cast Recording Now Available for Pre-Sale" playbill.com, December 14, 2007
  51. 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
  52. Gans, Andrew. "Diva Talk: A Chat with Scoundrels' Sherie Rene Scott", Playbill, June 3, 2005 Scott moved from Topeka to New York City when she was 18 to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre where she studied under Sanford Meisner.[2] She is a writer in residence at Second Stage Theater.[3]

    Career

    Scott's first role on Broadway was Sally Simpson in the original production of The Who's Tommy.[4] Scott later starred on Broadway 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 Aida concept album charted at #15.

    In 2008, Scott performed a one-night-only fundraiser on Broadway entitled You May Now Worship Me, which she co-authored with Dick Scanlan. The Benefit raised over $200,000 for the Phyllis Newman's Women's Health Initiative of The Actor's Fund and later became the critically acclaimed Broadway show Everyday Rapture.[10] [11]

    Everyday Rapture, co-authored with Dick Scanlan, debuted Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre on April 7, 2008. Starring Scott with direction by Michael Mayer and orchestrations by Thomas Kitt, the show played an extended run. [12] [13] For the Off-broadway production, Scott was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress and the show for Best Musical.[14] 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.[15] [16] Other Broadway credits include Sally Simpson in Tommy (1993), Marty in Grease (1995–96), and Maureen in Rent (1997). She originated 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.[17] [18] [19] She starred as Pepa in the musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, on Broadway, which opened on November 4, 2010.[20] [21] [22] For this role she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.[23]

    Scott appeared in The Front Page as Mollie Malloy with an all-star cast including Nathan Lane, John Slattery, Holland Taylor, John Goodman, Jefferson Mays and Robert Morse. Jack O'Brien directed the production that premiered on Broadway in fall 2016 at the Broadhurst Theatre.[24]

    Whorl Inside a Loop, written by Scott and Dick Scanlan, premiered August 27, 2015 at the Second Stage Theatre. Directed by Michael Mayer and Scanlan, Whorl garnered critical acclaim, including several 'Best of 2015 Theater' Lists.[25] [26]

    Off-Broadway roles include John Guare's play Landscape of the Body at the Signature Theatre, for which she received a 2006 Obie Award[27] and a Lucille Lortel Award[28] and was a Drama League honoree. Musicals include Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years[29] [30] for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination, and the title role in .

    Scott can be heard on the original off-Broadway cast recording of The Last Five Years along with Norbert Leo Butz. She is an executive producer of the film The Last Five Years starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan. Scott also makes an appearance in the film.[31]

    In regional theatre, she has appeared in world premiere productions of Randy Newman's Faust (1995). 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.[32] [33]

    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.[34] [35] The records, produced over 150 albums, garnered 3 Grammy awards, and 12 Grammy nominations. SKB/Ghostlight's Grammy Awards include those for the cast albums of In the Heights, The Book of Mormon and Beautiful. SKB/Ghostlight received a 2006 Drama Desk Award for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through cast recordings. The label won their first Grammy in 2009 for the Original Cast Recording of In The Heights. Scott can be heard on numerous Grammy Award-winning and OBC cast albums, the Billboard hit single "A Step Too Far" with Elton John, "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" with jazz great Bill Charlap, as well as the critically acclaimed, "Sherie Rene…Men I've Had," Everyday Rapture the original Broadway cast album, and All Will Be Well: The Piece Of Meat Studio Sessions, produced with Todd Almond.

    Scott did a try-out of her new, "critically acclaimed" work,[36] [37] Piece of Meat, in collaboration with Todd Almond, in the 2012 Adelaide Cabaret Festival and premiered it in New York City at 54 Below from October 16–27, 2012.[38]

    From July 9–28, 2019, she wrote and starred in an original musical collaboration titled TWOHANDER at Feinstein's/54 Below alongside Norbert Leo Butz, with musical director Todd Almond.[39] [40] Scott previously shared the stage with Butz in the original productions of the musicals Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Last Five Years.

    Work

    Broadway

    YearShowRoleVenue
    1993–95The Who's TommySally SimpsonSt. James Theatre
    1995–96GreaseMarty (replacement)Eugene O'Neill Theatre
    1997RentMaureen Johnson (replacement)Nederlander Theatre
    2000–04AidaAmnerisPalace Theatre
    2005–06Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsChristine ColgateImperial Theatre
    2007–09The Little MermaidUrsulaLunt-Fontanne Theatre
    2008You May Now Worship MeHerselfBenefit Concert at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
    2010Everyday RaptureHerselfAmerican Airlines Theatre
    2010–11Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownPepaBelasco Theatre
    2016–17The Front PageMollie MalloyBroadhurst Theatre

    Other theatre

    YearTitleRoleVenue
    1995Randy Newman's FaustMarthaThe La Jolla Playhouse[41]
    2002DebbieJane Street Theatre[42]
    The Last Five YearsCathy HyattMinetta Lane Theatre[43] [44]
    Next to Normal (workshop)Diana Goodman[45]
    2006Landscape of the BodyRosaliePeter Norton Space[46]
    2007The Little MermaidUrsulaDenver Center for the Performing Arts
    2015Whorl Inside a LoopVolunteerSecond Stage Theatre [47]
    2017HamletGertrudeWaterwell/Sheen Center
    2017The Portuguese KidAtalantaManhattan Theatre Club

    Filmography

    YearFilmRoleNotes
    1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells TourApril O'NeilFilmed live at Radio City Music Hall
    1998The Almost Perfect Bank RobberyDawnTV movie
    2003Marci XKirsten Blatt
    2007P.S. I Love YouBarbara
    2014The Last Five YearsDirectorUncredited cameo
    2018The Portuguese KidAtalantaBroadwayHD recording of off-Broadway production

    Discography

    Awards and nominations

    YearAwardCategoryNominated WorkResult
    2000Clarence Derwent AwardMost Promising FemaleAida
    2002Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a MusicalThe Last Five Years
    2005Tony AwardBest Performance by a Leading Actress in a MusicalDirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical
    Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding Actress in a Musical
    2008Outer Critics Circle AwardOutstanding Featured Actress in a MusicalThe Little Mermaid
    2010Tony AwardBest Book of a MusicalEveryday Rapture
    Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
    Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Book of a Musical
    Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Musical
    2011Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a MusicalWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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