Marcus Scott

Journalist | Playwright | Singer-Songwriter

New York, New York

Marcus Scott

Journalist | Playwright | Singer-Songwriter

New York, New York

VV Brown Is Making a Comeback, and We Have a First Listen
and our Women in Music list—in 2010 with her debut album Travelling Like the Light, arriving alongside British soul sirens Florence + The Machine, Noisettes and La Roux—a promising set of company to keep, for sure. But the pop indie singer alarmed the industry and fans when, instead of continuing her ascension into stardom, she all but disappeared: she left Island Records and her much anticipated follow-up Lollipops and Politics was shelved.
ELLE
10 Rational Fears Black People Should Have Regarding “Dear White People”
Hailed as the must-see satire of the year, Dear White People, writer-director Justin Simien’s feature length directorial debut has experienced a cacophonous reception since it took home the Sundance Film Festival’s prestigious U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent. Even more buzz worthy are the indie film’s laugh-out-loud hilarious PSA shorts—themed after the Emmy Award-winning “The More You Know” series—that have dared to debunk stereotypes, myths and urban legends about the black community at-large.
Clutch
Meet the Cast: “You Can’t Take It With You” Exclusive!
Nearly 80 years after it took The Great White Way by storm, You Can’t Take It With You—the timeless comedic three-act play by George S. will start previews on August 26 at the Longacre Theatre. Passport reporter Marcus Scott sat down with members of the cast and creative team of the now-iconic stage play during a one-hour photo call prior to rehearsal to talk about the play, its messages, family, race relations and the legacy of the celebrated show.
Power Couples With Super Powers
It's been a relatively short 20 years since Northstar broke new ground and finally came out of the closet, making him the first mainstream comic book character to do so. He stood alone for many years, but recently comic writers and publishers are not only introducing more and more LGBT characters, but bringing them together into super-powered couples.
OUT
Rita Wilson at the Cafe Carlyle
In the luxurious Café Carlyle, the soft hush of voices blowing through the room, a meditative mellow whooshed through the NYC swanky affair. Sitting in a room with some of Gotham's elite, many of them expatriates wayfaring throughout the night and reminiscing of days gone by while others were cabaret loving theater folk with money to drop, the smell of wine wafting throughout, it felt as if what was to come was apropos.
EDGE New York City
Cabaret
In Greg Lawrence’s book "Colored Lights: Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz," John Kander and Fred Ebb shared that they never expected the 1998 revival of their cult musical "Cabaret" to be the groundbreaking commercial hit it became. Even with two revivals and an Academy Award-winning 1972 film under the songwriting duo’s belt, the show never quite landed with the masses before the Sam Mendes-directed phenomenon won over critics and audiences alike.
Sasheer Zamata: SNL's Newest Princess of Funny
Even before Kerry Washington’s cold open on Saturday Night Live in November 2013, pundits were writing articles and generating roundtable discussions about the Golden Globe- nominated actress’ race. Soon after the episode aired, comments and media speculation surrounded the diversity of the talent on the iconic series rather than the show itself.
Shecky's
SWV Reunited: Sneak Preview and Super Tease [Exclusive Video]
When their debut studio album It’s About Time dropped in 1992, only a year after being signed to RCA Records, SWV—Sisters With Voices—blew up and Coko, Lelee and Taj became household names. The album spawned four hit singles with the block party jump-off “I’m So Into You,” the majestic baby-maker “Weak,” the fairly known “Downtown,” and the now iconic Michael Jackson assisted “Right Here/Human Nature.”.
Uptown
Style Icon: Lupita Nyong'o
Hailing from Mexico City, Mexico to Kenyan college professor turned politician Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o and wife Dorothy, Luo actress Lupita Nyong’o is a force of nature in the world of Hollywood. Most importantly, Nyong’o’s the first African actress to win the award, the first Mexican actress to win the award, and the first Kenyan to take home an Oscar.
Shecky's
Molly Ringwald at the Café Carlyle
It makes sense that she would try her hand at moonlighting at Café Carlyle as a jazz singer. Ringwald, 46, now a wife of 14 years and mother of three children, bares little resemblance to sassy sweet-faced teenage dream of yesterday. Once the undisputed Queen of the Brat Pack, a coterie of twenty-something fashionable and partying stars of the Reagan Era, she stood apart from the so-called tribe as the sassy ingénue with blowtorch hair and a heart of gold.
EDGE New York City
The Most Awkward Movie Star Interviews Ever
In showbiz, whether plugging the latest feel-good indie film project or mondo summer blockbuster motion picture of the year, when mixing movie stars and broadcast journalists, the results can sometimes be bits of magic or a disaster so big that absolutely zero crisis can be averted. After all, when the camera is rolling—it’s all an act and neither party wants to be made a laughing stock, especially on live air.
Shecky's
I Am Harvey Milk
"My name is Harvey Milk and I'm here to recruit you. I want to recruit you for the fight to preserve your democracy. Brothers and sisters, you must come out! Come out to your parents; come out to your friends, if indeed they are your friends. Come out to your neighbors; come out to your fellow workers.
EDGE New York City
Hot Hollywood Guys Under The Radar
Move over Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney! The light has been shown on you men for way too long; it’s now time for a new generation of Hollywood heartthrobs to get the attention they deserve. To be more specific, we are talking about men who are over the age of 30 and are confident in their own skin.
Shecky's
10 Celebs That Need To Team Up With Marvel Now
In less than a decade, Marvel Studios has generated some of the best superhero films around and turning somewhat famous actors into household names. With the help of events like Comic Con, which starts in New York today, the superhero world has absolutely exploded– with actors hoping to get roles that will continually pay and pay big.
Style Icon: Kerry Washington
Since she appeared as Lanisha Brown, a fresh-faced, doe-eyed shop girl working in a bakery in 2000’s Our Song, we knew Kerry Washington had the “X Factor.”. When the ingénue co-starred opposite Sean Patrick Thomas and Julia Stiles in 2001’s Save the Last Dance as Chenille, a single teen mother with relationship problems, we figured it wouldn’t take long before her name was in lights.
Shecky's
7 Most Underrated Indie Films of 2013
With the 86th Academy Awards only a few weeks away, you've got to ask yourself, are these really the best films of the year? Well, yes and no. There are plenty of films that were overlooked, many for good reason and others because of a lot of other factors. For example: marketability, demographic, appeal and star power.

About

Marcus Scott

Marcus Scott is a freelance writer with a background in journalism, social media, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, playwriting, dramaturgy and musical theatre (book & lyrics). He recently graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied in the department of Graduate Musical Theatre Writing. He graduated with a B.A. in Communications (Print Journalism) and a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts (Acting) from Buffalo State College in 2010.

His work has appeared in Out, Elle, Passport, Uptown, Essence, Trace, Giant, Hello Beautiful, NewsOne, Madame Noire (formerly The Atlanta Post), among others. His 20-minute musical “Vitruvian Man” starred Jason Tam (A Chorus Line, Lysistrata Jones), Stephen Mitchell Brown (Jekyll & Hyde) and Adam Monley (Mamma Mia!). His thesis, "Cherry*Bomb" received a reading at NYU’s Tisch. He is also a Dramatist Guild member.

When he's not writing, he has a deep interest in digital marketing, especially social media marketing (with professional experience using many platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, etc.)