Sherie Rene Scott as Maureen- Page 2

[cathywellerstein]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 10:45pm

i love sherie too! that's terrible. i can't imagine the horror of that happening while performing.

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:10pm

I did think she was miscast when I saw her - I felt
she lacked a lot of energy, and seemed out of place.

"Booing" her was completely inappropiate, but replacing Idina with her was certainly not well received by many.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:21pm

That is so sad, that they booed her. It makes me mad. I'm sorry, but its not your choise who gets a role and who doesn't and if you don't like a person in role, then don't go. Don't ruin the performance for someone who as paid $100 for a ticket.

[ShuQ]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:32pm

I'm not doubting you guys at all...but how do you know that she was booed?

[anne3]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:33pm

I also believe people didn't like her interpretation. She was the first to play the role as like a dumb blond as opposed to Idina's bitchiness.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:41pm

Audiences can be so disrespectful sometimes, it takes a lot of balls to stand on a Broadway stage and give so much for someone to boo you, come on! I'd love to listen her version of Take Me or Leave Me or Over The Moon.

[SirLiir]

Posted: 11/29/05 at 11:56pm

That she was booed like that on stage is appalling and disgraceful. I'd love any Renthead who did such a thing to come here and write a tasteful defense. I doubt they could. If you do not like a perfomer, don't cheer or applaud them. Going out of your way to be nasty showcases a complete lack of theatre euquitee (sp) and respect. I would have searched the audience at intermission and personally humiliated them in front of everyone.

[SayitSomehow]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 1:18am

What... Idina in Aida? I never heard about that! That's sick. Are there clips anywhere in the world?

[Allie]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 1:24am

Yup, there are some clips on the site linked below. I think she sounds great!

(They're under "Media", and then "Sounds")
idina-here.com

[zoran912]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 1:25am

That's funny that they resented her for the dumb blonde interpretation. Ironically enough, Idina seems to be playing Maureen as a dumb brunette in the film adaptation.

[rican732]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:19am

Yes they booed her. They booed her because she was not Idina and it was a miserable thing they did.

Sherie was playing a performance artist. She based her performance artist on a real performance artist who Jonathon based the character of Maureen on. This artist was a blond who's entire act was about commenting on the notion of ditzy blonds. They initially wanted to go with a big blond like Sherie, but Idina blew them away and her talent could not be denied.

Sherie was amazing! She never got the credit she deserved in that show. And all of the same people who booed her all of a sudden couldn't get enough of her when she was in AIDA and The Last Five Years. She didn't come back with a different vocal quality she was the same brilliant actress she always was, but now she wasn't replacing Idina, so it was ok.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:31am

they booed her?.... assholes

[ajayspak2]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:36am

Sherie took alot of **** cos she DESERVED it, and there was no more line for the lottery for that point just about 400 rentheads that wanted to push her in front of a bus. The main reason was that she couldn't do Over The Moon if her life depended on it. She had this stupid robotic hand movement in the show that Fredi made fun of in her last performance cos thank GOD Kristen Lee Kelly was performing Maureen (Sherie stepped down for most of Adam's and Fredi's last week cos she knew the fans hated her). Kristen Lee Kelly wss Idina's understudy and should have gotten the role after Idina left. Kristin was a true fan favorite and she deserved the attention she got. Sherie was good in that "Last 5 Years" with Norbert but thats about it. I hated her in Aida also.

[CompanyGuy]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:41am

Sherie is an amazing actress. And it sucks such things happened. BUT the good thing is that she said FU and went on in this business. Being a stage actress is a hard haed life. And it will take more than boos to stop her. So go Sherie!
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[SirLiir]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:50am

ajayspak2, your response, as I expected, provided no justification whatsoever for booing a Broadway performer. Just because she wasnt Kristy does not give people the right to boo her. She had a different interpretation of the role and it does seem people *gasp* liked her. Yet all it take is for people with no tact whatsoever to create a rather awkward and unsettling atmosphere. I stand by the fact I would have personally blasted any fellow audience member for doing such a thing. There is an old cliche that is so true: If you have nothing nice to say, dont say it. Keep your opinions to yourself. I wager that of the 20-40 rent fans that took it into their hands to boo, 500 enjoyed her performance. End of rant.

And Sherie deserves many Kudos. Not only has she been nominated for tons of awards, but her record company puts out many CDs of cast recordings that we once would never had heard at all.

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 2:58am

~ i saw sherie rene scott about 18 months into RENT's original broadway run.
the 2 times i saw her no one booed and IMO she played a good "MAUREEN".

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[bbroadwaybb]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 3:04am

I saw DRS a few days ago and she was BRILLIANT! I think she is one of the most talented actresses there are today in musical theatre. One of the funniest women out there with one of the best voices.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 6:27am

I saw Sherie Rene Scott as Maureen and thought she was terrific. Nobody booed the night that I went. She also did one of the best renditions of "Take Me or Leave Me" that I've ever heard.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:44am

That is horrible to be booed! Are you sure it wasn't juist a misheard "Moo"? Totally innappropriate for the theatre.

[Che2be]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 9:17am

wow- I can't believe people booed her. But don't Idina fans always hate whomever replaces her... in any show?

[OasisBroadway]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 9:26am

Wow, thats pathetic. Anyone who did that should be totally ashamed of themselves. Why would people "boo" the actor just because you didn't get the person who you wanted to take over the role? I just don't get people.

I never saw her as Maureen but I am glad that she has gone on as one of the most successful actors who have ever played Maureen, since she started with so many against her.
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[Amneris]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 9:29am

Trust me, they BOOED her.. and she she started to miss quite a lot of performances. My group of friends felt horrible and we bought her a cow lol.. sounds pathetic now but, we were 13 or 14 then.. and she was just like "wow you guys i can't believe you did this". I am sure she's over it by now but, still it was wrong.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 9:35am

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

Anyone I know personally who saw Sherie loved her.

People booed her because she wasn't in their beloved OBC? And that gives you a right to do it? It's that sort of pretension that makes me ashamed to be a Rent fan.

I think she's absolutely brilliant.

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[shameless]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 9:52am

Emcee, I agree with everything you just said 1000%.

[ozone20]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 10:04am

while i would never boo a performer (thats just tacky) i totally understand why people didnt like her in the show. Sherie was indeed TERRIBLE in the role of Maureen. I had only seen her in TOMMY prior to seeing her in Rent and she was ok. really neither here nor there. However RENT? she was bad. sorry to say it. just did not cut it.

Updated On: 11/30/05 at 10:04 AM