EVERYDAY RAPTURE's Sherie Rene Scott Visits WCBS 2 News 5/30

This weekend, Everyday Rapture's Sherie Rene Scott, will appear on WCBS 2 News on Sunday, May 30th between 8:30AM-9AM on channel 2.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Sherie Rene Scott starring in Everyday Rapture, the critically acclaimed new Broadway musical by Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott and directed by Michael Mayer.

Everyday Rapture is playing at the American Airlines Theatre On Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). This is a limited engagement through July 11th, 2010.

Everyday Rapture is the story of a young woman's psycho-sexual-spiritual journey on the rocky path thatseparates her mostly Mennonite past from her mostly Manhattan future. Her life takes her from the cornfields of Kansas to the clover fields of New York (with a disturbing detour through YouTube). Everyday Rapture also features songs made famous by David Byrne, Roberta Flack, Mister Rogers, The Supremes, Elton John, Tom Waits, U2 and Judy Garland.

The cast features Eamon Foley, Lindsay Mendez and Betsy Wolfe.

The artistic team includes: Choreography by Michele Lynch, orchestrations & arrangements by Tom Kitt, music supervision by Michael Rafter and music direction by Marco Paguia. The design team includes Christine Jones (Sets), Tom Broecker (Costumes), Kevin Adams (Lights), Brian Ronan (Sound) and Darrel Maloney (Projections).

Everyday Rapture has been nominated for two Tony Awards including Best Actress in a Musical (Sherie Rene Scott) and Best Book of a Musical (Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott). Everyday Rapture was also nominated for five Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Sherie Rene Scott), Outstanding Book of a Musical (Dick Scanlan & Sherie Rene Scott), Outstanding Orchestrations (Tom Kitt) and Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical (Ashley Hanson, Kurt Eric Fischer & Brian Ronan).

The Everyday Rapture cast album is available from Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records.
www.sh-k-boom.com

TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the American Airlines Box Office (227 West 42nd Street). To become a Roundabout subscriber visit www.roundabouttheatre.org or call Roundabout Ticket Services (212)719-1300. Ticket prices range from $66.50 to $116.50.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Everyday Rapture plays Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8:00PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00PM.

www.roundabouttheatre.org

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.