Sharon News

The Old Globe hosts four local community groups in a special event, showcasing diverse talents and fostering community engagement through the arts.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre and The Robinson Family Fund for the Arts have announced that Bay Area actors Steven Anthony Jones and Joy Carlin are recipients of the 2024 Charles Dean Award.

 Family Music Theatre has announced its cast of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, the Disney classic musical based on the Victor Hugo novel. This is the second production of Family Music Theatre’s 30th Anniversary Season.

Austin’s experimental folk artist Jenny Parrott (she/they) has unveiled their new single “I Hear It All the Time,” the latest taste from the upcoming album Love Spell, out June 28. Across the track, Parrott’s harmonizing vocals flow with melancholy, breezing over the complimenting synths as they lament the painful end of a toxic relationship. Listen to the song now!

The Sharon Playhouse, the historic arts and entertainment venue in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut has announced casting for the 2024 season. 

HEAD OVER HEELS finds its beat and makes its way into your heart. Melding classic Go-Go tunes with ancient mythology, the show makes the old new and the new timeless. From feathers and corsets to sheep and snakes, HEAD OVER HEELS is more than a celebration of diversity, it is a celebration of life. Berkeley Playhouse’s production is all about having fun.

After announcing her upcoming album Charm and unveiling lead single “Sexy to Someone,” Clairo reveals five-night Los Angeles and New York City residencies this September 2024. She graces The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on September 6, 7, 8, 10, & 11. Later, she stops at New York’s Webster Hall on September 14, 15, 17, 18, & 19.

The record-breaking hit Chicago is celebrating 35,000 performances worldwide. The first tour of Chicago launched in 1997 and has continued in both North America and abroad ever since.

 The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the follow-up engagement of tanzmainz, the contemporary dance company of Staatstheater Mainz in Germany, in Sharon Eyal's Soul Chain.

Jenna Pastuszek, featuring special music direction by Trent Hines, will celebrate PRIDE with GET HAPPY!: A Tribute to the World's Greatest Entertainer, Judy Garland, at the Swallow Hill Concerts at Four Mile Historic Park in Denver, CO.

bpm comes to the National Theatre in Prague this week. Performances run 29-30 May 2024.

A major new London production of the multi Tony-nominated Broadway musical THE WILD PARTY will open at EartH Hackney, a new 680-capacity venue in Dalston.

This is another big winner for Red Phoenix.

Stephen Marley, the acclaimed 8x GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer, has announced the release of a new remix of his single 'Old Soul,' the title track of his latest critically- acclaimed album. The remix also features a sample of the classic 'Santa Barbara' riddim created by the legendary Grammy Award-winning Jamaican drummer, Sly Dunbar (Sly & Robbie).

On May 31 author and musician Scott Guild will release Plastic: The Album. The LP is the companion project to his wildly successful debut novel, Plastic which was released earlier this Spring to wide-spread critical acclaim. Together the album and book lead audiences into a surreal near-future world, peopled by plastic figurines and filled with the perils of climate crisis and a recent nuclear war. See the tour dates for the project here!

Three years since her last record, American indie-pop luminary Clairo has returned with her third album, entitled Charm, will be released on July 12th Charm is the type of gorgeous, ornate, sensual record only Clairo could create, an amalgamation of everything that has made her one of the most celebrated artists of the last five years. Listen to the first single from the album!

Get all the scoop on MASTERCHEF, airing on FOX on Wednesday, May 29, 2024! Season 14 of MasterChef brings together amateur cooks from four generations - Millennials, Baby Boomers, Gen Z and Gen X - to prove that age does not matter in the kitchen. Watch a clip from last season!

Manasa-Art Without Frontier will preiere a unique dance festival bringing 2 dance troupes of Padmashri & Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardees from Odisha and Jharkhand, never seen in Delhi before. Conceived and curated by Guru Sharon Lowen on Friday, May 31st, 2024 and Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at India International Centre, New Delhi. 

With twenty-three albums and several million miles under the West Texas native’s belt, Driven to Drive is Ely’s first road album, featuring a collection of songs inspired by his travels. “I wrote the [Odds of the Blues] later when I put my studio together in Austin,' he said. 'I asked Bruce recently if he would like to sing with me on this song and he said he’d love to. We’ve been long lost friends for a long time...' Listen to the new single!

The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center will present the second installment of the Broadway and Beyond Cabaret Series on the DownStage Theater for a limited run May 31 – June 9, 2024.