by Macey Levin When Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town opened in 1938 it was considered experimental: a character (the Stage Manager) speaks directly to the audience, there are no sets, no props, just the actors pantomiming everything from drinking coffee to throwing newspapers, and the words, marvelous words!  It is one…

Sharon Playhouse, the arts and entertainment venue in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, continuing its tradition of pairing extraordinary talent from Broadway, television, and film with talented local actors from the region and beyond, is delighted to present Thornton Wilder’s timeless, Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Our Town, from September 15 –…

by Jeannie Marlin Woods There was a tremendous joy and a celebratory air at the July 29 opening of GUYS AND DOLLS at the Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Connecticut. This was the Playhouse’s first fully-produced show in three years. In coming back after the COVID pandemic, the Playhouse side-stepped the…

Justin Boccitto directs and choreographs the production, featuring Broadway veterans Amanda Lea LaVergne, C.K. Edwards, Lauralyn McClelland, and Robert Anthony Jones Connecticut’s Sharon Playhouse opens its production of Guys and Dolls July 29 in the Bobbie Olsen Theater.  Performances continue through August 14. Starring are Broadway veterans Amanda Lea LaVergne…

by Macey Levin Neil Simon, now 91 years old, is one of the premier comic playwrights of the American theatre.  The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, California Suite, Last of the red Hot Lovers, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Sunshine Boys,  Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, and more……