“Sophie Tucker in Person” Is a Heady Cocktail May 30, 2019 by Susan Rosenbluth Reviewed by Eric Edelman Imagine a heady, old-fashioned cocktail of Ethel Merman with a twist of Mae West. That’s Cheryl Ann Allen, who performed this past Mother’s Day in the one-woman show “Sophie Tucker in Person.” Written and directed by [...]
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 the first to dare sing risque songs about the glories of independent women-hood: “I’m Living Alone and Like It” and [...]
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 life as a New Yorker. Finkel wrote and directed the show and provided eight delightful and often very funny new [...]
by BWW News Desk Cheryl Ann Allen will star in two shows this November and December. On November 12 at 3PM she will bring back her beloved one woman tribute Sophie Tucker In Person at the Ziegfeld Society at Lang Hall at Hunter College, 69th and Lexington. Tickets are $23 and available by visiting theziegfeldsociety.com. [...]
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 Don’t Tell Mama where the Red Hot Mama was portrayed by Cheryl Ann Allen a few nights ago. Ms. Allen [...]
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 does Allen look and dress the part, she sings like Tucker and has even nailed Sophie’s wheezy speaking voice. Written [...]
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 Tucker’s stentorian, heavily exhalatory delivery, sang with a better, more powerful voice than Sophie herself, and convulsed us with lines [...]
"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 dear. WHAT a singer! Chops for days as they say but not only that – your acting skills enabled us [...]
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 to the song, said Tucker, she knew it was a song that would be remembered through the years. Just as [...]
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 playing on the record player in my mother’s studio. When I closed the front door, the music suddenly stopped as [...]
