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Sherie Rene Scott
The Little Mermaid's Sherie Rene Scott talks about creating the role of Ursula in the stage version of the beloved animated film, including what she believes the character thinks of herself. She also talks about her earliest dreams of being on stage while still a child in Kansas, her training at the Neighborhood Playhouse when she came to New York, her particular affection for Randy Newman's Faust and why it never made it to New York, working amidst the turmoil of the changing creative team of Disney's Aida, how her family reacted when she got the title role in the stage version of Debbie Does Dallas, creating the role of Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and the future of her one-woman show You May Now Worship Me.
Original air date - May 16, 2008
Running Time - 52:32
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