Sharon McNight presents Sophie Tucker's Farewell Tour
Sharon McNight, Tony Award nominee and Theater World Award winner for her role in “Starmites”, has gone on to a celebrated bi-coastal career, being voted Best Actress receiving the San Francisco Bay Area Critics’ Circle Award and winning the New York Critics Nightlife Award for Best Musical Theater Cabaret Show. She recently made her opera debut in “Show Boat” with the San Francisco Opera Company.
Sharon has been performing the works of Sophie Tucker for more than two decades. Sophie, who livened up early 20th century nightclubs, Broadway and films with her risque jokes and classic popular songs, , had a career that spanned half a century. Tucker was widely known as the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas.”
Sophie Tucker’s Farewell Tour” has all the ingredients for a memorable night out in a classic cabaret, great songs introduced by Tucker, including: “After You’ve Gone”; “They’ll Be Some Changes Made”; “Darktown Strutters’ Ball”; “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone”; “The Man I Love” and her signature theme song, “Some of These Days.” Add Sophie’s naughty jokes, bawdy songs, sing-alongs and Sharon McNight’s once in a lifetime performance and you’ll have a night you will never forget.
Sophie was the first woman to sell one million records, her first record producer was Thomas Alva Edison and her last professional appearance was on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1966.
Sharon McNight presents Sophie Tucker's Farewell Tour
Sharon McNight, Tony Award nominee and Theater World Award winner for her role in “Starmites”, has gone on to a celebrated bi-coastal career, being voted Best Actress receiving the San Francisco Bay Area Critics’ Circle Award and winning the New York Critics Nightlife Award for Best Musical Theater Cabaret Show. She recently made her opera debut in “Show Boat” with the San Francisco Opera Company.
Sharon has been performing the works of Sophie Tucker for more than two decades. Sophie, who livened up early 20th century nightclubs, Broadway and films with her risque jokes and classic popular songs, , had a career that spanned half a century. Tucker was widely known as the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas.”
Sophie Tucker’s Farewell Tour” has all the ingredients for a memorable night out in a classic cabaret, great songs introduced by Tucker, including: “After You’ve Gone”; “They’ll Be Some Changes Made”; “Darktown Strutters’ Ball”; “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone”; “The Man I Love” and her signature theme song, “Some of These Days.” Add Sophie’s naughty jokes, bawdy songs, sing-alongs and Sharon McNight’s once in a lifetime performance and you’ll have a night you will never forget.
Sophie was the first woman to sell one million records, her first record producer was Thomas Alva Edison and her last professional appearance was on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1966.
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