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SONGS TO OFFEND ALMOST EVERYONE
Chock full of first amendment rabble-rousers, SONGS TO OFFEND ALMOST EVERYONE is a throwback to party records of the 1950's and is designed to offend people "with good taste" of almost every persuasion. When the show was well received in its San Francisco and Los Angeles premieres, McNight recorded her politically incorrect tunes for Jezebel Music in two CDs.
Songs in the first disc include such songs as Randy Newman's "Political Science", "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex" by the late Chet Atkins, Tom Lehrer's "The Old Dope Peddler" and a sexually provocative number from the composer Stephen Sondheim. The second disc, produced by popular demand, OFFENSIVE, TOO VOLUME TWO, contains the Gilda Radner classic "Let's Talk Dirty To The Animals", as well as appropriate melodies from Broadway's William Finn, John Kander and Fred Ebb.
The two act show was selected to play Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, N.Y.C.,as part of the Lortel's White Barn Summer Season. Of her provocative production, McNight says, "It's not all about forbidden words. We present under-the-table tunes that could rattle a busload of repressed Puritans."
Reviews and Quotes
By the time she's finished, the entire crowd will have gotten its
comeuppant. And loved it.
Finkle - THE VILLAGE VOICE
Sex. violence, politics, religion, drugs, and sex are all fair game here. She is a true pro, strutting her stuff with total confidance and interpreting every tune with fierce precision.
Kelly - SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIMES
The audience was pleased, acknowledging McNight as a certified Mistress of Black Comedy.
Leavy - WWW.CABARETSCENES.COM
McNight's raucous show skewers sacred cows, slings mud in her crusade against hypocrisy.
Gelbert - THEATRESCENE.NET
McNight gets saucy in (her) new show - Songs To Offend delight (the) crowd
Elwood - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Selected as Best Musical Comedy in the Best of Cabaret 2002
Siegels - THEATERMANIA.COM
Short and sweet, what she is is hot, funny, loud and literate.
Corkery - SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
The irrepressible and irreplaceable Sharon McNight . . .
Hamstra - CABARETHOTLINEONLINE.COM
She's a first-rate performer, having a great time in a most entertaininggive-and-take with the audience. Once you've been entertained by McNight, you'll be hard pressed
to forget it. Carson - NAPA VALLEY REGISTER
Song Titles
The Dumber They Come The Better I Like 'Em
Old Dope Peddler & When You Are Old And Grey &
Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer
Jesus Wear A Rolex On His Television Show by
Chet Atkins
The Revenge Song - W. Woodbridge
Your Son Isn't Going Through a Stage
Wind Beneath My Wings
God's Song & Political Science by Randy Newman
Merrilou & Why Me, God? by Durwood Douche
I Never Do Anything Twice by S. Sondheim
Goodbye, Good Luck, Good Riddance by J.P. Ward
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Sharon McNight
Sharon McNight made her Broadway debut in 1989 in Starmites, creating the role of Diva. She received a Tony Award nomination as "Best Leading Actress ...