Scott's ...WORSHIP ME Headed to Broadway?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:46am

Sherie Rene Scott said in a recent interview with ATW's Downstage Center that several commercial producers are interested in "definitely bringing" her solo show, YOU MAY NOW WORSHIP ME, to Broadway.

She went as far as to say that "it's looking VERY good to happen in the fall, but if not, the spring."

This is the first I've heard of the show having an immediate life beyond it's previous benefit incarnation.

Updated On: 5/25/08 at 11:46 AM

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:49am

I love her sense of humor.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 11:50am

Would such a thing sell?

I can't see there being enough of an audience to make this last more than a week (and I love Sherie Renee Scott).

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 12:23pm

Well, that's true adam, but it could work if the show gets great reviews, and her becoming the new "it girl" that everyone "Must see." i wouldn't call it a sell-out, but i think it could do fairly well. It'll obviously have low running costs, and word-of-mouth will be good for it.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 12:26pm

I agree adam...I hope for Sherie's sake this isn't true. It would not last long at all.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 1:22pm

I need this to be true.

[broadwayfan3]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 1:27pm

I was just listening to the interview and was thinking the same thing...I hope that this is true: she is so talented.

I do think adam has a point, she is famous but i don't know how many people who don't love her would see it.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 1:33pm

I would love to see it.

But no one knows her outside of the Broadway community. And don't even try to argue that.

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 1:43pm

You know, she might not need an audience outside the Broadway community. I mean, the show would be really cheap to produce (minimal set, one actor) and would be a limited run (Sherie probably couldn't or wouldn't do a solo show for more than 2 months.) Broadway fans might be all she needs...

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 1:45pm

To fill a 700-1,000 seat theatre for two months, you need more than Broadway fans to fill those seats.

[lovesclassics]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 2:05pm

Changing the title would be a good start. A general audience would have to think of it as a show with universal appeal rather than a show about an actress they don't know.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 2:40pm

How many people really knew who Mario Cantone was? Sex & the City obviously increased his audience, but for the most part, the average middle American wouldn't recognize the name. And as far as I know, Laugh Whore wasn't a COMPLETELY miserable flop.

This would be great in a limited-run, small theatre setting.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 4:54pm

touche, VonTussyMussy.

[timote316]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 5:20pm

Perhaps it'll be something along the lines of Patti LuPone's "Matters of the Heart" or Brian Stokes Mitchell's "Love/Life" concert series, a once or twice a week type deal? I'm pretty sure that commercial producers would realize that the appeal for a full run is pretty limited. After all, its not exactly as if Sherie is a multiple time Tony winner or household name.

But who knows, stranger things have happened.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 5:21pm

Or she can do what Barbara Cook, Patti LuPone, John Lithgow, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Spalding Grey, and so many others have done: a Sunday/Monday night cabaret at Lincoln Center Theater.

[maya5892]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 5:24pm

For selfish reasons, I pray that this is true.

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 5:27pm

Ha, TooDarnHot, I thought you said touch me to VonTussy.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 5:56pm

Ohh Bill T. Jones.... brilliance. TOUCH ME! And touche me.

(this is sarcasm, people.)

[insertclevernamehere]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 7:18pm

She's also mentioned taping the show.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/25/08 at 7:21pm

It could work as a 1 or 2 night a week show. Perhaps they could do it downstairs in the Newhouse?