Sophie Tucker’s Alive & Well – HuffPost

Richard Z. Chesnoff, Contributor Veteran of more than 40 years of global news work Sophie Tucker’s Alive & Well 05/28/2013 01:14 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017 She was “The Last of the Red Hot Mammas” and [...]

Ron Forman for Cabaret Scenes

I’m a New Yorker The Triad, NYC, September 15, 2018 By Ron Forman for Cabaret Scenes Cheryl Ann Allen and her husband, xylophonist Ian Finkel, combined to create a one-woman show of songs and stories about [...]

Myra Chanin

The Great Sophie Tucker Returns Almost in Person! October 4, 2015 By Myra Chanin The Great Sophie Tucker may have gone to her reward 50 years ago but she was certainly alive and kickin’ at [...]

Robert Windeler

Bearing an uncanny physical resemblance to her zaftig and otherwise larger-than-life subject, Cheryl Ann Allen, in her current show at Don’t Tell Mama, nearly lives up to the title “Sophie Tucker in Person.” Not only [...]

David Noh

I was utterly delighted by Cheryl Ann Allen’s “Sophie Tucker In Person” at the Players Theater on October 23. Written and directed by Ian Finkel, son of the beloved veteran actor Fyvush, Allen richly captured [...]

Steve Ross

"I thought the show was absolutely marvelous. All the more powerful with your extraordinary pianist as the orchestra. Man he SOITENLY has that full, take-no-prisoners style down pat. But the main attraction was you, my [...]

Elizabeth Ahlfors

Sophie Tucker’s theme song, “Some of These Days,” by Shelton Brooks, is one of the milestones the legendary performer credited to her best friend, Mollie Elkins, her African American maid. After being coerced into listening [...]

My mother loved music

By Elli – The King Of Broadway My mother loved music, so our house was always filled with music. As a pre-teen, I remember coming home from school and upon entering the house, hearing something [...]

Ted Merwin

Ted Merwin Special To The Jewish Week Cheryl Ann Allen portrays Sophie Tucker in one-night revue. She broke taboos by publicly celebrating her body at a time when women were expected to be quiet and [...]