REVIEW: “Our Town” at Sharon Playhouse

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…

REVIEW: “Oliver!” at the Sharon Playhouse

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…

REVIEW: “Something Rotten” at the Sharon Playhouse

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…

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