Scott: Not Getting RAPTURE to Broadway 'Hit Me Hard'

During a recent interview, EVERYDAY RAPTURE star Sherie Rene Scott said the failure of the show to make it to Broadway directly following its acclaimed off-Broadway run "hit me hard." Scott said she was shocked when she learned Roundabout was considering her show as a replacement for LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART, and said she wanted to avoid getting invested until the deal was finalized.

"The truth is that I had put so much energy and hope into moving ‘Everyday Rapture' to Broadway before this, and failing had hit me hard, so I didn't want to invest too much emotionally when the Roundabout deal was only a possibility. What was perhaps hardest was that Broadway theaters made it loud and clear that they wouldn't take a chance on the show because I was not a star, I was not a name. I was worse than not a name. I was three names, Sherie Rene Scott, but still not a name."

Scott said that she did her best to try and get the transfer to happen right away. "I had told Todd [Haimes, artistic director of Roundabout] last winter that his subscribers would flip for ‘Everyday Rapture' at Henry Miller's Theater, that they would love it, and to just trust me that we would be great for Roundabout," Ms. Scott said. "But he had to do what was right at the time, and Dame Edna is a bigger name and star than I am. I'm just happy that I now have that chance to make audiences flip for our show."

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Everyday Rapture will open officially on April 29th, 2010 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 that separates 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 premiered at Second Stage on May 3rd, 2009. Due to unanimous critical acclaim, the production was extended twice beyond its limited engagement. Everyday Rapture has been nominated for two Lucille Lortel Awards: Outstanding Musical & Outstanding Lead Actress (Sherie Rene Scott).

Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls Everyday Rapture, "Sensational!
One of the year's most extravagantly entertaining new musicals." Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News raves, "Go see it! For the 90 minutes that Sherie Rene Scott is on stage, audiences have an unobstructed view of paradise personified - a wickedly funny, wonderfully touching show," while Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press calls the show, "rapturous entertainment - a touching, tuneful and often hilarious tale"

The Everyday Rapture cast album will be released on iTunes on April 27 and in stores June 2010 on
Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records. www.sh-k-boom.com

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.

Everyday Rapture will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 8:00PM with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00PM.

For more information, visit www.roundabouttheatre.org.