Everyday Rapture is the story of a young woman's psycho-sexual-spiritual journey on the rocky path that separates her mostly Mennonite past from her mostly Manhattan future. With a cast led by Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture also features songs made famous by David Byrne, Roberta Flack, Mister Rogers, The Supremes, and Judy Garland.
Her wide-eyed manner, equal parts sexiness and sincerity, could be said to be faux-naïf. But know that there’s nothing cynical about the faux part; it’s a style choice that lets Ms. Scott perform with the sophistication that a New York audience (or rather an audience of New Yorkers) demands. And there’s no denying that when she sings, from a wildly diverse song list, she’s as polished and inventive as the worldliest cabaret artist. Having spent many nights on Broadway stages, she has no difficulty scaling up cabaret intimacy for a house as large as the American Airlines Theater; Ms. Scott naturally translates life size into bigger than life.
Of course, the Sherie Rene Scott who describes herself on stage as, 'one of Broadway's biggest and brightest semi-stars,' in the enormously entertaining variety hour (and a half) she calls Everyday Rapture, is actually a character created by the Sherie Rene Scott who co-authored the smart, semi-autobiographical musical with Dick Scanlan. Which details are factual and which are, shall we say, enhanced, are for them to know and for us to not give a damn about as we're laughing, tapping our toes and enjoying the fizzy charms of this impeccably funny, semi-funked up chanteuse.
2009 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
2010 | Broadway |
Roundabout Production Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical (tie) | Sherie Rene Scott |
2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Sherie Rene Scott |
2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Everyday Rapture |
2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Kitt |
2010 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Brian Ronan |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Dick Scanlan |
2010 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Sherie Rene Scott |
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