Scott's first role on Broadway was Sally Simpson in the original production of
The Who's
Tommy. 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. 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. 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.
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. For the Off-broadway production, Scott was nominated for the
Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress and the show for Best Musical. 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. 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. 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. For this role she was nominated for the
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Scott appeared in
The Front Page as Mollie Malloy. Jack O'Brien directed the production that premiered on Broadway in fall 2016 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
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. Off-Broadway roles include
John Guare's play
Landscape of the Body at the
Signature Theatre, for which she received a 2006
Obie Award and a
Lucille Lortel Award and was a Drama League honoree. Musicals include
Jason Robert Brown's
The Last Five Years for which she received a
Drama Desk Award nomination, and the title role in
Debbie Does Dallas: The Musical. 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. 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. 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. 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,
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. 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. Scott previously shared the stage with Butz in the original productions of the musicals
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and
The Last Five Years. ==Work==