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concludes its limited engagement Sunday, June 27th , 2010
âSondheim is the best, brightest & most influential talent to emerge during the last half-century. And James Lapine is his best collaborator.â â Ben Brantley, New York Times
 âA priceless gift to the theater!â â Linda Winer, Newsday
On Broadway at Studio 54
Roundabout Theatre Companyâs (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) limited engagement of Sondheim on Sondheim will play its final performance on Sunday, June 27th at 2:00 PM.This new Broadway musical stars Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, Norm Lewis, Euan Morton, Erin Mackey & Matthew Scott. Â Music & lyrics are by Stephen Sondheim and the production is conceived & directed by James Lapine. Continue reading →
âA smashing show that reminds us why so many of us keep going back to Broadway. Sherie Rene Scott has never shined brighter or more illuminatingly.â – Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Fans of Everyday Rapture now have their shot at semi-semi stardom!Â
Log on to www.facebook.com/RoundaboutTheatreCompany to submit a video of yourself lip synching a song from the musical before June 27th.  One lucky winner will be chosen to receive two complimentary tickets to Everyday Rapture, a meet and greet with Sherie Rene Scott and the cast of Everyday Rapture, a cast album and a gift pack. Song clips and the cast album are available for download on the submission site.
On Tuesday, June 15 the cast album will be wherever music is sold. That same night, Sherie Rene Scott, Dick Scanlan and the cast of Everyday Rapture will be signing CDs at the American Airlines Theatre beginning at 8:30PM. Continue reading →
âA smashing show that reminds us why so many of us keep going back to Broadway.
Sherie Rene Scott has never shined brighter or more illuminatingly.â – Ben Brantley, The New York Times
âScott has a bold, brassy voice and one of those quirky, expansive theater personalities that can really fill a stage.â Â -Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
âSondheim is the best, brightest & most influential talent to emerge during the last half-century.
And James Lapine is his best collaborator.â— New York Times
“A revelatory revue!” — Associated Press
“A funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theater’s
greatest living composer and lyricist” — USA Today
PS CLASSICS
ANNOUNCES PLANS
TO RECORD THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST ALBUM OF
“SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIMâ
Music and Lyrics by
Stephen SondheimÂ
Conceived and Directed
by James Lapine
PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the original Broadway cast album of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM on June 6th and 7th. The production, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), began performances at Studio 54 on March 19th, opened officially on April 22nd and recently announced a two-week extension through June 27th.
 SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM stars Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Tom Wopat, Leslie Kritzer, Norm Lewis, Euan Morton, Erin Mackey & Matthew Scott. The production is conceived & directed by James Lapine, withmusic & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Â
The two-disc set will be produced by PS Classics co-founder, Tommy Krasker, who has twelve Sondheim cast albums to his credit, including the current Broadway production of A Little Night Music, and Roundabout Theatre Company’s productions of Assassins and Pacific Overtures. PS Classics co-founder Philip Chaffin, and Alan D. Marks and Stephen Moore, of The Marks-Moore Group, will serve as Executive Producers.
Patch Darragh, Judith Ivey, Keira Keeley, Michael Mosley
 concludes its limited engagement Sunday, June 13th, 2010
âA terrific new production of Tennessee Williams’s fiercely moving and seriously funny play. Director Gordon Edelsteinâs thought-provoking approach is lightning-lit from within by Judith Ivey, giving what is surely the performance of her career.â â Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
âThis is the kind of revival that becomes a golden yardstick by which all future productions of the same play are measured.â â Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
âA smashing show that reminds us why so many of us keep going back to Broadway.  Sherie Rene Scott has never shined brighter or more illuminatingly.â – Ben Brantley, The New York TimesÂ
âScott has a bold, brassy voice and one of those quirky, expansive theater personalities that can really fill a stage.â Â -Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
On Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre
This weekend, Everyday Raptureâs Sherie Rene Scott, will appear on WCBS 2 News on Sunday, May 30th between 8:30AM-9AM on channel 2. Â
 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.
The Outer Critics Circle Award Winners were announced today.
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The awards ceremony will take place on May 27, 2010.
FENCES won Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Denzel Washington) and Outstanding Actress in a Play (Viola Davis).
 LA CAGE AUX FOLLES won Outstanding Revival of a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Douglas Hodge), Outstanding Director of a Musical (Terry Johnson) and Outstanding Costume Design (Matthew Wright). Â
 LEND ME A TENOR won the Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Award (Jan Maxwell).
 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC won Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Catherine Zeta-Jones).
  MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET has won Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Levi Kreis).
NEXT FALL playwright Geoffrey Nauffts has won the John Gassner Award.
THE ORPHANSâ HOME CYCLE won Outstanding Off-Broadway Play and Outstanding Director of a Play (Michael Wilson). Â
 RED won Outstanding Broadway Play.
 WISHFUL DRINKING has won Outstanding Solo Performance (Carrie Fisher).
TO READ THE COMPLETE LIST OF NOMINEES, CLICK HEREÂ
TONY Awards – Nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Drama League Awards – Nomination for Distinguished Performance AwardÂ
Outer Critic’s Circle – Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a MusicalÂ
1958 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (The Music Man), 1987 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One Person Show (Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre), 2003 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance (Mostly Sondheim), 2004 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance (Barbara Cookâs Broadway!) and a 1955 Theatre World Award for Plain and Fancy.
Barbara Cookâs association with Stephen Sondheim began in 1985 when she starred as Sally in the NY Philharmonicâs now legendary concerts of Follies and continued with her Tony Award nominated concert Mostly Sondheim. As a leading star on Broadway during the 50âs and 60âs, her many credits include the creation of three classic roles in the musical theatre: Cunegonde in Candide, Marian in The Music Man (Tony Award) and Amalia in She Loves Me (Drama Desk Award). In 1974, Ms. Cook embarked on a concert and recording career, achieving one career high after another from her solo concert debut at Carnegie Hall in 1975 to her historic solo concert at the MET in 2006 when she became the first female non-classical singer to be presented by the Metropolitan Opera in that companyâs long history. The most recent of the many recordings by this Grammy Award winner is the 6-cd boxed set The Essential Barbara Cook.(DRG Records).
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SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM’s TV commercial Spot
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BARBARA COOK, VANESSA WILLIAMS & TOM WOPAT talk about the show
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Read ‘The Sound of Sondheim A new revue marks composer Stephen Sondheimâs 80th birthday’ in Vanity Fair: CLICK HERE
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âAn exceptionally sensitive Sondheim interpreter, Ms. Cook delivers âSend in the Clownsâ with a simple, sweet bereftness that breaks your heart.â âBen Brantley, The New York Times
âBarbara Cook remains a wonder. At 82, she has returned to Broadway after too long an absence to deliver a master class in lyric phrasing. Her exquisite rendition of âSend in the Clownsâ demonstrates the essence of musical theater: an expert performer capturing the emotional truth found in a perfect blending of words and music.â âMichael Kuchwara, Associated Press
âBARBARA COOK is INCOMPARABLE.â –Elysa Gardner, USA Today Â
SHERIE RENE SCOTT is honored to be working with Roundabout for the first time, after appearing at Second Stage Theater in Everyday Rapture, which she co-wrote with Dick Scanlan (Lortel nominations best musical and best actress.). She has created roles for the Original Broadway productions of The Little Mermaid (OCC nom), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations; Drama League honor), Elton John and Tim Riceâs Aida (Derwent Award, Drama League honor), Tommy and the original production of The Last Five Years (Drama Desk nomination, Drama League honor). Also appeared in:Landscape of the Body (Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League honor), Rent, Debbie Does Dallas, Randy Newmanâs Faust, Kander & Ebbâs Over and Over (Helen Hayes nomination). She is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse. With husband Kurt Deutsch she co-founded Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight records (www.sh-k-boom.com) which has produced more than 70 albums, including the cast album of Everyday Rapture. Sh-K-Boom has received a Grammy Award, seven Grammy nominations and Drama Desk and New York Musical Theatre Festival awards for dedication to the preservation of musical theatre through cast recordings.
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Sherie Rene Scott & Dick Scanlan talk about the showâs journey to Broadway
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Everyday Rapture video montage
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Read New York Times Arts & Leisure feature on SHERIE RENEE SCOTT: CLICK HEREÂ
Read ‘Sherie Rene Scott talks to The Star-Ledger’: CLICK HEREÂ
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âJust as the Broadway theater season is drawing to its close, a smashing little show has arrived to remind us of why so many of us keep going back to Broadway. I canât think of another production in recent years that captures and explains so affectingly the essence and allure of musicals, and why theyâre such an indispensable part of the New York landscape. Written by Dick Scanlan and Ms. Scott, and directed with virtuoso efficiency and wit by Michael Mayer. Ms. Scott performs with the sophistication that a New York audience (or rather an audience of New Yorkers) demands. And thereâs no denying that when she sings, from a wildly diverse song list, sheâs polished and inventive. Ms. Scott naturally translates life size into bigger than life. The orchestrations and arrangements for the first-rate onstage band are by Tom Kitt (the composer of Next to Normal). And her director is, remember, Mr. Mayer, the man who staged âSpring Awakeningâ and this seasonâs American Idiot. What Ms. Scott and her team summon here is that strange alchemy of ego, hunger, desperation and mysticism that infuses every great Broadway performance. Ms. Scott has never shined brighter or more illuminatingly.â â Ben Brantley, The New York Times READ HERE
âSherie Rene Scottâs Everyday Rapture is a tuneful and witty autobiographical musical. With those doleful eyes, that wide permafrost smile set at a perpetual three-minutes-to-irony, and a crinkly mezzo that slingshots from brassy to bruised, Sherie Rene Scott (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Aida) has steadily established herself as New Yorkâs leading comic divette. Does that mean we care about her life? Scott, smartly, assumes we donât. Scott uses the blimp-hangar that is the American Airlines Theatre as an echo chamber for her wit, backed by her âMennonettesâ and an eclectic set list that ranges from Judy Garland to Tom Waits to, yes, an erotic Mr. Rogers tribute medley. Tom Kittâs typically brilliant arrangements are half the reason for showing up; the other half is Scott, whose lambent ease with the absurd (cleverly refined by director Michael Mayer and book co-writer Dick Scanlan) makes Everyday much more than just another maudlin auto-cabaret.â â Scott Brown, New York Magazine READ HERE
  
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