Get Ready For Laughs With Vicki Lawrence At RiverPark Center

The incomparable Vicki Lawrence is bringing her brand new show to the RiverPark Center in downtown Owensboro next week. She'll be taking the stage in Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show at 6:30pm, Tuesday, January 20th.

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Earlier this week, Mary-Katherine and I had the chance to chat with Vicki about her legendary career. We started our conversation with an admission. We're both HUGE fans of Vicki and couldn't believe we were getting the chance to chat with her.

I grew up in the 70s and early 80s. My first introduction to Vicki Lawrence was on the  The Carol Burnett Show, which still makes me (and Vicki) laugh after all these years.

Mary-Katherine fell in love with Vicki on her hit show, Mama's Family.

It's a show she started watching when she was a kid.

In addition to touring the country with her new stage show, Vicki is still tackling TV projects. In fact, she and Carol Burnett recently reunited for appearances on Palm Royale.

Since we had the perfect opportunity, we asked Vicki about something we thought was possibly a Hollywood urban myth. Mary-Katherine heard that there was a version of "The Mama's Family Theme" that had lyrics and that Vicki was the person who wrote them. Guess what? That's not a myth. It happened!

Of course, we also had to seize the day and ask Vicki about her iconic rendition of "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia." We agree that her version- the original- is the G.O.A.T.

The song was written by Vicki's former husband and her memories of how the recording came to be are hilarious.

That song wasn't the end of Vicki's recording career. She was even talked into recording a disco album. We thought that may have been urban legend too. Turns out, it happened.

Tickets to see Vicki Lawrence are available at RiverParkCenter.org.

However, we also have an opportunity for you to win tickets. We have two pairs of mezzanine tickets up for grabs. All you have to do to be eligible to win them is fill out the quick registration for below.

We'll announce and notify the winners at 7:50am on Friday, January 16th! If you're one of the winners, we'll see you at Vicki Lawrence & Mama!