Award-winning Cher tribute coming Saturday to Urbana’s Gloria Theatre

The present is a part of the Stars on Stage sequence and tickets are nonetheless on the market.

“We’ve had hundreds of concert-goers tremendous impressed by the standard of our exhibits and we’re actually honored so as to add ‘The Beat Goes On’ to the record,” stated Staci Weller, Gloria Theatre CEO. “Lisa McClowry’s tribute to Cher nails it and offers the viewers a wonderful night, honoring the Goddess of Pop along with her impeccable vocal prowess and fascinating, witty character.”

McClowry, who carried out the present within the space earlier this 12 months, stated in an interview with the Springfield Information-Solar that she was doing one other tribute present and located she had a expertise to share her model of Cher.

However McClowry doesn’t need to be considered simply an impersonator however as a singer, actress and producer, values Cher herself may determine with, comparable to feminine empowerment.

Cher grew to become a multi-talented performer, first as a recording artist with then-husband Sonny Bono because the duo Sonny and Cher, then later as a solo artist. She would turn into a film star as effectively, choosing up an Academy Award for the film “Moonstruck” in 1987, and earned a number of different honors as an actress and singer, additionally having number-one singles in six consecutive many years.

A part of McClowry’s work was to have Cher down pat from her singing and talking voice to her stroll, costumes, make-up and mannerisms. The present will embrace hits from all eras of her profession.

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Tickets value $32-47. To buy tickets or for extra data, go to gloriatheatre.org. The Stars on Stage sequence will subsequent current the rhythm and blues group Uptown on Nov. 15 and end the season with the vacation present “Who Introduced the HUMBUG?” on Dec. 15.