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| | Jewish Post - News - Red Hot Mama Sharon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | It took Sharon McNight twenty-two years since the time she first learned of legendary Jewish entertainer Sophie Tucker (1884-1966), a Vaudeville headliner, to the debut of her one-woman show, Red Hot Mama, at the York Theatre, on 54th Street and Lexington Avenue, in New York City. |
 | | Sharon has no Jewish background, but she got hooked on Sophie because “Sophie Tucker was the best female entertainer who ever lived and her first recording was produced by Thomas Edison’s company.” In addition, what attracted Sharon was the fact that so many giant musicians and lyricists wrote Sophie’s songs. |
 | | Red Hot Mama was put together and executed solely by Sharon, who conceived, wrote and directed the show, for which she also designed the outfits based on Sophie’s originals. |
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