Sharon McNight

Singer and master entertainer Sharon McNight returns to San Francisco to kick off gay pride month. Her voice is as brassy and beautiful as ever, and will be showcased in a career retrospective entitled “The First 30 Years ... From Moose Hall to Carnegie Hall,” which will bring back many classic memories, stories, and songs from her illustrious career. 

McNight made her Broadway debut in 1989 in “Starmites,” creating the role of Diva. She received a Tony award nomination as “Best Leading Actress in a Musical” for her performance, and is the recipient of the coveted Theatre Worlds Award for “Outstanding Broadway Debut.” New York magazine’s John Simon said “Sharon McNight is a winner” and Al Hirschfeld did a caricature of her. She has been the forefront in the fight against AIDS since the early eighties, and was featured in Randy Shilt’s book, “And The Band Played On.” She was chosen twice as the honorary chair of the San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund, and was one of two heterosexual women chosen as the Grand Marshall of San Francisco’s LGBT Pride Parade (although back then there were no B’s or T’s in the parade title). 

McNight’s new show will make its San Francisco debut at The RrazZ Room, and will feature her beloved tour-de-force scene in Oz from “The Wizard of Oz,” beginning with singing the plaintive verse to “Over The Rainbow” and segueing into the entire Munchkin scene, doing all the voices - wide-eyed young Judy Garland as Dorothy of Kansas; sugary sweet Billy Burke as Glinda the Good Witch; deliciously evil Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West; and various distinctive munchkins - in all the appropriate dialogue and featuring Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg songs “Come Out, Come Out” “Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead,” and “Follow the Yellow Brick Road.” 

Also included will be Mary Liz McNamara’s “Vegetarian’s Lament,” giving way, during an earnest vegan presentation, to ecstasies about the joys of “b-b-b-bacon!” Hysterical! 

Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy the Tony Nominated Sharon McNight at her quintessential best on June 6 and June 7 at 8 p.m. at
The RrazZ Room in Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street.