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 On a recent Thursday evening hundreds of people in Sharon, Connecticut suffered from a similar malady.  Their sides were aching from the non-stop laughter at Sharon Playhouse’s hoot of a show Shear Madness.  There is very little time to catch one’s breath with a host of sterling…

AUGUST 26 (SPECIAL PREVIEW NIGHT) = $20RUNS AUGUST 27 – SEPTEMBER 11 IN THE BOBBIE OLSEN THEATER Sheer Madness An Interactive Whodunnit Adventure By PAUL PORTNER Directed by BRUCE JORDAN This unique comedy-whodunnit takes place today in the Shear Madness hairstyling salon and is chock full of up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor. During the course of…

The Sharon Playhouse has partnered with BROADWAY ON DEMAND to stream their virtual reading of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. With the virtual nature of this presentation we were able to cull together the most wonderful actors from around the country, including many local favorites.  They’re “zooming in” from Sharon, Palm Springs,…