The Sharon L Morse Performing Arts Center
The Villages, FL 32159 United States https://thesharon.com/
The Sharon Seating Chart
November 2019
Choose 5 shows from the list, get 20% off your order and a free regional beverage of the night or non-alcoholic beverage. Julie Fowlis Cirque Mei National Dance Company of Siberia Siberian State Symphony Orchestra TAO Flamenco Vivo Ballet Folkloric George Hindcliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Bollywood Boulevard
Christmas is coming and so is the one and only Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker. Presenting world class Russian artists, hand-painted sets, Russian Snow Maidens, and jubilant Nesting Dolls - Great Russian Nutcracker brings the Christmas spirit to life for all ages. "Kids wide-eyed with delight!" says the New York Times. Experience the Dove of Peace Tour, spreading goodwill in over 100 cities across North America. Get seats now for the whole family and make memories for a lifetime at Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker!
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
December 2019
Grab your loved ones and take a sleigh ride down to The Sharon! Celebrate the sounds of the holiday season with your favorite Christmas carols and holiday hits performed by Fernando, Susan, and Zeke Varela joined by The Villages Philharmonic Orchestra. With familiar pieces intermingled with state-of the-art production, you’ll be inspired, uplifted, and reminded of the true joy of the Christmas season! Experience the wonder and excitement of Christmas through BELIEVE: A Family Christmas Concert with Fernando, Susan, and Zeke Varela.
BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical tells the Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.
Bring sheet music or peruse our collection, sing a song and cheer for your friends, and in between Whitney Morse and Gary Powell will perform some of their favorite cabaret numbers.
This incredible show creates a new era in Irish entertainment, like a sheet of lightening and pulsating rhythms, pure energy and melodic music, Rhythm of the Dance show has entertained over 7 million fans in 57 countries around the world with this globe tapping success. Apart from having World and Irish champion dancers; this show also has some of the finest Traditional musicians with many multi instrumentalist performers and singers who are a big hit everywhere. Perhaps it’s the combination of having the crème de la crème of live performers, intertwined with the latest technology and eye catching lighting and costumes, that takes the audiences on an exhilarating and exciting, energy packed trip through the ages and makes it so successful.
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You’d get THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Broadway & London’s award-winning smash comedy! Called “A GUT-BUSTING HIT” (The New York Times) and “THE FUNNIEST PLAY BROADWAY HAS EVER SEEN” (HuffPost), this classic murder mystery is chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania delivering “A RIOTOUS EXPLOSION OF COMEDY” (Daily Beast) that is “TONS OF FUN FOR ALL AGES” (HuffPost)!
With a generous mix of festive favorites and modern holidays hits, The TEN Tenors will walk you through a musical winter wonderland that truly captures the essence of the Holidays for the whole family, as well as many of the rock and classical songs that have made this group world famous.
January 2020
Though best known for his legendary nine-year sting as the iconic George Costanza of television's Seinfeld, Jason Alexander has achieved international recognition for a career noted for it's extraordinary diversity. Aside from his performances on stage, screen and television, he has worked extensively as a writer, composer, director, producer and teacher of acting. For his depiction of "George" on Seinfeld, Jason garnered six Emmy nominations, four Golden Glove nominations, an American Television Award and two American Comedy Awards. He won two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was honored to receive the "Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement" from the Actor's Fund.
The Bill Medley/Bucky Heard pairing came as something of a happy accident. Medley says it just seemed right... I'd been friends with Bucky for years, but when I caught his show he just killed me! The next day it hit me - that's the guy, someone I could sing hard with, laugh hard with, love and respect - on and off stage. He fits The Righteous Brothers live performance show perfectly. And, we've even recorded some new material together, I'm really excited!
Singer. Songwriter. Composer. Pianist. Author. These are just a few of the titles that can describe Neil Sedaka. Classically trained at Juilliard, his impressive sixty year career ranges from being one of the first teen pop sensations of the 50’s, a tunesmith for himself and other artists in the 60’s, a superstar in the 70’s, remaining a constant force in writing and performing presently. This is all thanks to the countless songs he has written, performed, and produced that continue to inspire artists and audiences around the world. Introduced to Howard Greenfield by Greenfield’s mother in 1952, he began one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships of the last half-century that sold forty million records between 1959-1963. Sedaka soon recorded chart toppers "The Diary," "Oh! Carol," " Stairway to Heaven," "Calendar Girl," "Little Devil," "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," "Next Door To An Angel," and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”.
In a career spanning almost 50 years, Engelbert has generated sales in excess of 140 million records, including 64 gold albums and 35 platinum, four Grammy nominations, a Golden Globe, and stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Las Vegas Walk of Fame, and Leicester Walk of Fame. He has performed for the Queen four times, several presidents and many heads of state. He has recorded everything from the most romantic ballads to movie theme songs, disco, rock, and even gospel. His unique voice continues to charm millions of fans worldwide with such romantic classics as “Release Me” and “After the Lovin.’”
Founded in 1977, the orchestra quickly won a reputation as one of the best orchestras from Russia. The orchestra plays with the finest Russian soloists and plays the great Russian classics throughout Russia and the world. In 2015 Maestro Lande became its Artistic Director. The orchestra has numerous recordings with Naxos. Its regional mission is to act as educators in the Region of Siberia.
National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater, often in extreme conditions beneath Arctic ice and in predator-infested waters. Journey with him from the North Atlantic, where harp seals face off with commercial hunters, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in search of Atlantic blue fin tuna, and to research facilities studying dolphin intelligence. The images he captures while on assignment offer a mesmerizing glimpse of the “soul of the sea.”
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
DRUM TAO 2020 is the latest production from TAO, internationally-acclaimed percussion artists. TAO’s modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming have transfixed audiences worldwide. Combining highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes, precise choreography, and innovative visuals, the performers of DRUM TAO 2020 create an energetic and unforgettable production.
Three-time Emmy Award winner, and iconic comedian Louie Anderson, is one of the country’s most adored comics. Named by Comedy Central as “One of 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time,” his career has spanned more than 30 years. The rest is history. Carson, Leno, Letterman, “Comic Relief,” Showtime, HBO, and CMT specials, including host of the legendary game show, Family Feud, all making Louie a household name.
February 2020
The Tap Pack is an elegant and entertaining nod to the Rat Pack era featuring high energy performances of mind-blowing tap dancing, smooth vocals, a swinging live jazz band and witty on-stage banter. The five-member cast wins the audience from the first downbeat and the pace of their amazing performances never slows. They joke, they compete, they croon and they cajole while performing cool classics with a fresh twist.
With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This "garage band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell more than 30 million albums worldwide.
From three-time Tony® winner and Hamilton choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler. Six soldiers return from war and, through the power of music, finally find a place to call home. “The show defies you not to be moved” (Time Out New York).
Reflejos Flamencos (Flamenco Reflections), the newest production by Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, celebrates the fundamental emotions that connect us while honoring the individual human spirit inherent in flamenco. A new work by Jose Maldonado, heralded by The New York Times for his "bursts of brilliance and uncommon invention," explores the notion of personal limits and connections across borders - both literal and figurative. Reflejos Flamencos includes traditional solos highlighting the dancer's virtuosic technique and nuanced improvisation, offering a transformative experience of dance and live music.
The 23rd Opera Club Fundraiser ,"Three Tenors Plus One" will be presented at the Sharon, at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm. Maestro Bill Doherty will be the accompanist and the Master of Ceremonies. Our Tenors will be: Celebrated New York Tenor, Christopher Macchio, reminding us of Mario Lanza. A trained classical tenor from Manhattan School of Music His growing reputation has brought him sold-out theaters and events in the U.S. and Europe.
Masters of Illusion has performed live in front of tens of thousands of people around the US for the past seven years and been seen by over 100 million viewers on the CW network as well as in 126 countries around the world. Starring the world’s greatest award-winning magicians, this 21st century magic show is unlike anything you have seen before - filled with modern illusions and arts of deception, performed live on stage.
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
Bill Engvall is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling recording artist and one of the top comedians in the country. . Bill was part of the enormously successful Blue Collar Comedy concert films, which sold over nine million units and received a Grammy nomination.
The Beach Boys birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions. But their greater significance lies in the fact that The Beach Boys' songs have forever changed the musical landscape, profoundly influencing countless performing artists to follow. Captained by Mike Love, The Beach Boys play an astoundingly busy schedule of concerts, averaging 150 shows a year, and have continued to create and perform with the same bold imagination and style that marked their explosive debut over 50 years ago. Special Offer! With every online ticket purchased for THE BEACH BOYS, you’ll receive a digital copy of Mike Love’s forthcoming album, 12 SIDES OF SUMMER. You will receive an email with more details about this offer approximately 7 days after performance.
SUPERTRAMP'S ROGER HODGSON, LEGENDARY SINGER - SONGWRITER, ON HIS BREAKFAST IN AMERICA WORLD TOUR Roger Hodgson co-founded Supertramp in 1969 and was with them until his departure in 1983. During the 14 years that he was with the band he wrote, sang, and arranged most of the enduring rock standards that made Supertramp a worldwide phenomenon. His timeless classics - "Give a Little Bit," "The Logical Song," "Dreamer," "Take the Long Way Home," "Breakfast in America," "School," "Fool's Overture," "It's Raining Again," helped the band sell well over 60 million albums.
March 2020
Spinosaurus was nearly lost to science before Nizar Ibrahim, a remarkable young paleontologist, discovered this prehistoric giant. With amazing video and photography, Nizar will tell the story of the Spinosaurus' discovery, loss, and rediscovery, explaining what makes this ancient monster so unique.
"A little bit Classical, a little bit Rock and Roll, humorous and a whole lot entertaining" Coming from a family of musicians it was always likely that the Broadbent boys were going to follow their fathers into the music profession. Giles and Ralph studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Graham at the Royal College. Giles went on to lead the orchestras for several West End shows. (Sunset Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera and My Fair Lady) Their Youngest brother Neal was due to study at the Guildhal School of Music but instead he was kidnapped by his brothers to be the cellist in their new group - Stringfever!
David Foster seems constitutionally incapable of resting on his laurels, and his relentless drive has propelled him throughout his career. Few other individuals can claim to have their fingerprints on more major moments in all of popular music than David Foster. He has created hit songs and award-winning gold and platinum albums for a diverse array of artists including Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Diana Krall, Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, Seal, Chaka Khan, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Chicago, Hall & Oates, Brandy, 'N Sync, Boz Scaggs, and Gloria Estefan.
It is all about the love that Paul Anka has for sharing his music with audiences and the love those audiences have for him. The youngest entertainer to ever perform at the Copacabana is where Paul honed his craft surrounded by the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Frankie Lymon and Chuck Berry. After a few hit songs, Anka confident in his talent as a writer wisely knew that being a songwriter meant the power was in the pen. With well over 500 songs to his credit, the most memorable being, "Put Your Head On My Shoulder," "My Way," "Puppy Love," "Having My Baby," "She's A Lady," and the famous theme from "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Since inception of his career, his songs have been performed well over 100 million times collectively worldwide, and is the only artist to a DC on the Billboard Top 100 Chart for seven consecutive decades.
On an ongoing “hand-luggage only” world tour, the Ukes provide pure entertainment, dead-pan British humour and irresistible foot-tapping music. They are the masters of the unexpected, whether re-imaging folk songs, twisting classical music favourites, uncovering quirky versions of rock covers, or playing the performers’ own all-original compositions, they always deliver a virtuosic, twanging, awesome obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment featuring only the “bonsai guitar’ and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe tapping oldies.
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México de SILVIA LOZANO is an institution tasked with the dissemination, preservation and promotion of the Culture of Mexico, both at home and abroad. With an artistic career spanning over 56 years, the BFNM reflects the work of Mexico’s leading researchers and practitioners of folklore, dance, music, and costumes..
Pilobolus is an internationally renowned movement company. For 45 years they have tested the limit of human physicality, exploring the power of connected bodies. In 2009, Pilobolus created Shadowland, the first show of it’s kind, which has since performed in 32 countries, for over a million people. Now Pilobolus is proud to present an all-new Shadow adventure.
April 2020
A worldwide sensation when she was only ten years old, Jackie Evancho has moved past the exuberant promise of a child prodigy vocalist, becoming a mature young adult with a clear direction as to where she, as a creative artist, is taking her career as a singer. A careers that began with a little girl's fascination with the film soundtrack of The Phantom of the Opera and has become an evolving and enduring musical phenomenon.
Through hallmark songs, dance, and moments, the show captures the artistry, spirit, and impact of an cultural phenomenon that has captured the hearts of billions across the world over the generations. Inspired by the music of R.D. Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, and A.R. Rahman, the dance moves of superstars like Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, and romance as captured by Raj Kapoor and Yash Raj Chopra, experience Bollywood as never before. Bollywood Boulevard will thrill fans, new and old.
For over two decades, Grammy Award-winning master trumpeter and composer Chris Botti has amassed a spectacular variety of honors, including multiple Gold and Platinum albums, to become the nation’s largest selling instrumental artist. His mesmerizing performances with a stunning array of legends such as Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Andrea Bocelli have cemented his place as one of the most brilliant and inspiring forces of the contemporary music scene.
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
May 2020
Choose at least 4 performances and receive 10% off your order. Black-out dates for this subscription are the September Pops Concert and December Holiday Concerts. You can choose at least four concerts excluding Sept. Pops and Dec. Holiday to receive 10% off your order. Buy all 9 performances and get 15% off your entire order, no performance exclusions.
The Hit Men credentials, showmanship and sheer talent are unmatched by any other group in modern music. They deliver sizzling shows that combine hit after hit after hit with eye-popping videos and reminiscences born from their witnessing and making musical history.