ROCK CITY FALLS — Sophie Tucker’s career spanned more than 60 years, from her first recording for Thomas Alva Edison to her final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in the early 1960’s.
Tucker sold millions of records with “My Yiddisha Mama,” Gershwin’s “The Man I Love,” headlined vaudeville at The Palace, the Ziegfeld Follies, Broadway, radio, film, television and America’s leading nightclubs, from New York to Hollywood with frequent stops in Las Vegas along the way.
“Red Hot Mama – The Sophie Tucker Songbook” stars Sharon McNight who has received critical acclaim and standing ovations as Sophie for 25 years. A legendary cabaret performer, Tony Nominee, Theater World Award Winner and recipient of the 2018 MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabaret) Lifetime Achievement Award, McNight performs a theatrical retrospective of Sophie Tucker in Red Hot Mama, at The Mansion of Saratoga in Rock City Falls on July 21.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for food and cocktails, showtime is 8. Tickets are available at: themansionsaratoga.com/concert-series.
