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Red Hot Mama
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 8, 2002
Closed Aug 4, 2002
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Sharon McNight stars in the York Theatre Company's production of Red Hot Mama, a musical tribute to show business legend Sophie Tucker. This New York premiere includes scenes from the vaudeville star's personal life and 60-year career as a performer in clubs, including the Ziegfield Follies, movies, and television.

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York Theatre Company
619 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10022


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Sharon McNight, who's been wowing cabaret audiences for a couple of decades now with a powerhouse voice and a presence to match, has always strongly resembled
vaudeville great Sophie Tucker. McNight is a full-figured blonde, as Tucker was, and she has Tucker's ability to whack a bawdy song across the footlights so that, when it lands, it's completely good-natured, even lovable. McNight looks and behaves enough like Tucker to pass for her, which is what she's been doing since she introduced The Sophie Tucker Songbook six years ago, as part of an ASCAP showcase at the since-shuttered Rainbow & Stars. Now she has expanded the boite item into a theater presentation she calls Red Hot Mama. Th[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on May 9, 2002

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