The Real Thing Tour (also known as The Real Thing: An Evening with Jill Scott) is the fifth concert tour by American recording artist, Jill Scott.
 Visiting North America and Europe, the tour promoted the singer's third studio album, "".
 The trek yielded the singer's first concert special for TV One entitled, "Jill Scott: The Real Thing Tour (Live in Philly)".
The Real Thing is a compilation of studio and live acoustic recordings by Midnight Oil, and includes a cover version of Russell Morris's classic "The Real Thing".
 It was initially issued in Australia with a bonus disk of interview material listed as containing 2 tracks ("Interview" and "Track by track") but the CD was divided into 30 tracks, dividing the interview up so that past albums and each track on "The Real Thing" gets a short discussion followed by snippet from the album or song being discussed.
 Later international releases had a bonus disk with videos of "Cemetery In My Mind" and "Redneck Wonderland".
Jennifer Anne Ehle ( ; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress.
 She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries "Pride and Prejudice".
 For her work on Broadway, she won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for "The Real Thing", and the 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for "The Coast of Utopia".
 She is the daughter of English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle.
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American stage and screen actress.
 She won Tony Awards for her work in the original Broadway productions of "The Real Thing" in 1984 and "Rumors" in 1989, both for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
 She went on to win the 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryanne Thorpe in the sitcom "Cybill" (1995–98).
 She is currently starring in "The Good Fight" following seven years in the same role of Diane Lockhart in "The Good Wife".
Even Better Than the Real Thing is the title of a number of Irish charity albums recorded on "The Ray D'Arcy Show" on Today FM and released over a number of years for the Irish Christmas market.
 The albums featured Irish artists performing covers of various pop songs until 2005 when the series was temporarily discontinued, although in 2008 "Even Better Than the Disco Thing" was released featuring covers of disco songs instead.
 The title is taken from the U2 song "Even Better Than the Real Thing".
"The Real Thing" is a 1987 hit single by music producer Jellybean, which features the vocals of Steven Dante.
 It is featured on Jellybean's album "Just Visiting This Planet".
 The song was most successful in clubs at the time, reaching #1 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart for one week.
 "The Real Thing" also peaked at #49 and #82 on the soul chart and Hot 100, respectively.
 Overseas, the single was successful in the UK Singles Chart, reaching #13.
 "The Real Thing" can be found on various pop compilation albums, mainly from 1987 and 1988, including "Now That's What I Call Music 10".
The Higgins are a multi-award-winning Canadian country music group from Delta, British Columbia.
 The Higgins comprise three siblings: John (born June 4, 1982), Eileen (born July 17, 1986), and Kathleen Higgins (born November 11, 1988).
 They have charted a total of three singles on the Canadian Country Music charts, two of which were Top 15.
 Videos for "Flower Child", "Real Thing", and "Second Hand Car" all went to No. 3 on CMT's "Chevy Cross Canada Countdown".
 The Higgins are songwriters as well as musicians, having written or co-written nine tracks on their national debut album "Real Thing".
 The Higgins were nominated for CCMA Group of the Year in 2008 and 2009, and have won six BCCMA awards including Album of the Year
Cybill is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, which aired on CBS from January 2, 1995, to July 13, 1998.
 Starring Cybill Shepherd, the show revolves around the life of Cybill Sheridan, a twice-divorced single mother of two and struggling actress in her 40s, who has never gotten her big show business break.
 Alicia Witt and Dedee Pfeiffer co-starred as Sheridan's daughters, with Alan Rosenberg and Tom Wopat playing their respective fathers, while Christine Baranski appeared as Cybill's hard-drinking friend Maryann.
Sarah Woodward (born 3 April 1963) is a British actress.
 She won the Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in 1998 for her role in "Tom & Clem" by Stephen Churchett.
, directed by Richard Wilson, and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2000 for her role in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing".
 opposite Jennifer Ehle and Stephen Dillane, directed by David Levaux.
 She is the daughter of actor Edward Woodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett, and the sister of actor Tim Woodward, actor and screenwriter Peter Woodward, and actress Emily Woodward, whose mother is actress Michele Dotrice.
 She is married to actor Patrick Toomey.
 They have two daughters and live in London.
Even Better Than the Disco Thing is an Irish charity album released by the commercial FM radio station, Today FM, for the Christmas market on 21 November 2008.
 The album features covers of well-known disco songs by a selection of Irish musicians.
 Disc one features sixteen tracks, whilst disc two is labelled "Mix CD" and contains twelve of the same sixteen tracks all over again.
 All the songs were performed and recorded live on "The Ray D'Arcy Show".
 The title is a pun on the "Even Better Than the Real Thing" series of charity CDs recorded in previous years on D'Arcy's show, but temporarily discontinued after the third edition in 2005.
 They themselves are a reference to the U2 song "Even Better Than the Real Thing".
 Funds raised were donated to the National Children’s Hospital and Barretstown.

Question: The actress appeared as Maryann in the show Cybill won a Tony Award for "The Real Thing" in what year?
Answer: 1984