Carol Burnett. Boch Center/Wang Theatre. Saturday, April 8, 2017

On Saturday night, Boston audiences had a rare opportunity to experience the grace and charm of one of the most legendary women of comedy, Ms. Carol Burnett, in her one woman show, "An Evening of Laughter and Reflection" at the Boch Center/Wang Theatre.

As the title promises, it was a night full of stories and videos from her over 50-year career. As with the opening sequence of her self-titled variety show; the format was an open mic Q&A that allowed the audience the opportunity to ask questions and guide the evening between segments of clips from her variety shows.

Over the course of 90 minutes, the actress proved she is just as down to earth and approachable as ever, despite the increasing number of honors highlighting her legacy and immense impact on the entertainment world -- including a 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the 2013 Mark Twain prize and the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement award.

Ms. Burnett's stories give the audience a little bit of everything, from her early days trying to find a way to afford her first term at UCLA to her relationship with fellow legend Lucille Ball. Of course, a heavy dose is spent on her dedicated and equally talented co-stars -- Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, and Vicki Lawrence.

Discussing her love of music brought on a wonderful montage of duets -- who remembers her singing with Ella Fitzgerald, Rita Hayworth, Ray Charles, or Bing Crosby? Just to name a few.

And her childhood treat of going to the movies with her grandmother inspired the brilliant movie spoofs that became a hallmark of her show and launched another segment of clips that included the more obscure "Lovely Story" and "Pillow Squawk" as well as the infamous "Went With the Wind."

Obviously, the audience was treated to her trademark Tarzan yell which was accompanied by a brief story about her using it once as a form of identification when writing a check. In addition, we learned that she also taught it to her friend and famous soprano, Beverly Sills, who thought it an excellent vocal exercise.

A sense of comradery was created just by sitting together in a theater and laughing at the stories and the skits that are so much a part of our lives but have been off the air for so many years.

Many of the audience's questions were more accurately comments about how much she meant to people. One particularly well-spoken woman talked about how her family, like many, would gather together every week to watch her show and the memories of Ms. Burnett on television were inseparable from any other member of her actual family members.

Once the applause of agreement died down -- a very humble and, obviously, moved Ms. Burnett simply replied with "Thank you."

Thank you, Ms. Burnett. Thank YOU.