Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two Woman Show at Spencer Theatre

1. View All Albuquerque Shows
 > 
2. Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two Woman Show

Comedian Vicki Lawrence’s brilliant alter ego “Mama” Thelma Harper is back, eager to share her observations about political happenings and domestic struggles with the same spit and vinegar that won hearts across the land. Lawrence, an Emmy Award-winning actress, will also be on stage, dispensing her savvy humor and performance memories from her cherished time on “The Carol Burnett Show” (1967-1978) and in her own spin-off series, “Mama’s Family” (1983-1990).

“Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show,” a multi-media stand-up comedy production, stars Lawrence in the first half and the support-hose-wearing, sassy senior citizen Mama in the second half.

Audiences see that, somehow or another, “Mama” hasn’t aged a day in the past 30+ years! She was first created in a sketch entitled “The Family” on “The Carol Burnett Show,” the cast of which Lawrence was invited to join when she was just 17. (Burnett recruited Lawrence after the clever high school senior wrote her a fan letter noting their uncanny resemblance). Featuring Lawrence as the loudmouth matriarch of a squabbling blue-collar family in the Midwest and Burnett as her ornery daughter Eunice, the skit struck gold with viewers and thereafter became a regular feature on Burnett’s variety show. So, when Burnett’s show ended, it was a natural to reprise the character in a spin-off TV sitcom that busted guts for seven years.

Lawrence, who charted a number one hit song “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” in 1973 and starred in her own talk show, “Vicki,” shares all with Spencer audiences! Be there – and prepare to laugh into tears.

Ages: Mature content