Sharon McNight
Songs to Offend Almost Everyone
PS Underground, Palm Springs, CA, May 20, 2023
Reviewed by Bill Lanese
International cabaret singer Sharon McNight performed her outrageous cabaret show Songs to Offend Almost Everyone at the PS Underground an 11-year-old dinner/cabaret event space located in its own facility in South Palm Springs.
Opening with an Eddie Cantor tune, “The Dumber They Come, the Better I like ‘Em” (Harry DeCosta/Eddie Cantor/Fred E. Ahlert), McNight began to express her comedic talents and display her strong pipes. She slaughtered the audience with a series of nasty songs that included “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” (Tom Lehrer), “Would Jesus Wear a Robe” (Chet Atkins), “Masochism Tango” (Lehrer), “Political Science” (Randy Newman), and “Everybody’s Girl” (Kander & Ebb from Steel Pier). Other gems included “Your Son Isn’t Going Thru a Stage” and “Why Me God?”
Wayne Abravenel followed McNight closely with his excellent accompaniment on piano, and he and McNight gave us all a fun time and a first-rate show. The show’s ending included the risqué “Merrilou” (Durwood Douche) and “Blow Me.” “I Never do Anything Twice” (Stephen Sondheim) was the closing number. The four-course dinner prepared by the passionate chef David Horgen was magnificent!
