by Macey Levin Sharon Playhouse, Sharon, Connecticut blasts into the 2024 summer season with the ever rollicking paean to the MTV years, Rock of Ages. Written by Chris D’Arienzo, the show ran for six years in the early 2000’s on Broadway and continues its crowd pleasing evocation of the 1980’s…
by Jeannie Marlin Woods Intelligent? Provocative? Hilarious? Face-paced? Crowd-pleasing? What is the most exact, precise, factual word or phrase to describe the latest production at the Sharon Playhouse? THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT generates such thought and is, in fact, all of those things. This soul-searching script , jam-packed with…
Sharon Playhouse, the arts and entertainment venue in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut, is delighted to present The Lifespan of a Fact, written by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, from September 29 – October 15. Directed by…
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…
by Macey Levin The Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Connecticut, is currently presenting Lionel Bart’s Oliver! a show seldom produced on local stages. Presented on Broadway in 1960 it won a Tony for Bart’s score. This was followed by a movie in 1968 which won the Oscar for best picture. The…
by Macey Levin There is a rollicking production of a witty and very corny show with exuberant musical numbers at the Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, Connecticut. Something Rotten!, book by Karley Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell with music and lyrics by Karley and Wayne Kirkpatrick, takes place in London, 1595, when…
