Sharon McNight Ends Returns To The Met Room, 3/22

The riotously acerbic cabaret legend Sharon McNight will end her hotly anticipated return to The Metropolitan Room, March 22. The closing follows a weeklong explosion of good cheer and bonhomie of her new show, "Sharon McNight: The First 30 Years."

The Tony nominated McNight, who is based in San Francisco, has what Stephen Holden of the New York Times calls "a keen sense of the absurd that coincides with a wicked inner detector for artistic pretension." When reviewing her Nightlife Award-winning Metropolitan Room show in July of last year, he knighted her as "smart and crude," a designation the singer immediately embraced.

"Sharon McNight: The First 30 Years," an introspective retrospective from Moose Hall to Carnegie Hall (and all the gin joints on the way), features music director Ian Herman on piano. In the program, McNight shares her quixotic experiences from performing on a stage of stacked beer cases in San Francisco's Castro District to starring on Broadway in "Starmites," with important pit stops to the Reno Rodeo and the Frankfort Opera House.

The California native is a favorite with concert and cabaret audiences anywhere! Known especially for her eclectic song selection and specialty material like "Desperado" and her reenactment of "The Wizard of Oz," McNight was twice awarded the Bay Area Critics Best Actress Award (for "Hello Dolly" and "Nunsense"). She has a MAC, Bistro, Golden Gull, 3 Cable Cars, 5 Cabaret Golds, and a 2010 Nightlife Award for last year's "Ladies, Compose Yourselves!" at the Metropolitan Room.