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In this issue... Simon & Garfunkel Three Tenors Plus One Gipsy Kings Vienna Boys Choir Give Love to Your Local Community The Villages Philharmoic Orchestra The Cher Show Come From Away The Peking Acrobats The Righteous Brothers Changemaker Speaker Series International Subscription I Mustache You a Question The Sharon Tours Cabaret The Roommate
FEBRUARY 2024
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THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY IS TOURING NORTH AMERICA again this year!
Using huge projection photos and original film footage, featuring a full live band performing all the hits including ‘Mrs. Robinson’, ‘Cecilia’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Homeward Bound’ and many more. ‘‘Fantastic’’ – Elaine Paige, BBC Radio and “Authentic and Exciting” – The Stage The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folkrock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the ‘60’s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance. With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel’s perfect harmonies and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock duos of all time. Over the years, they 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1977, their “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album was nominated at the Brit Awards for Best International Album. In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year saw their “The Sound of Silence” awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
FEB 8 7PM $50
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| $30
LIMITED VIEW
The Three Tenors +1
Three Tenors Plus One returns to The Sharon for two incredible performances. Featuring beautiful arias from a selection of timeless Operas, accompanied by masterful piano performances by Maestro Bill Doherty. You'll be transported, uplifted, and enchanted by the fabulous voices of our Three Tenors Plus One. Ticket sales help support the Music Scholarship Program for talented young musicians, presented by The Opera Club of The Villages.
TODD WILANDER
DEVIN EATMON
CHRISTOPHER MACCHIO
MAESTRO BILL DOHERTY
+ HEATHER ARD
Proceeds to Benefit Harold Schwartz Music Scholarship Program
FEB 10 3 & 7PM $25
AND UP
| $20
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WITH SPECIAL GUEST LOBBY MUSIC
MEDITERRANEAN MUSIC
CHRISTINA VUKEL
NICOLAS REYES HAS BEEN THE LEADER AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE GIPSY KINGS
for well over 30 years. In the past three decades, they have dominated the World Music charts and sold more than 14 million albums worldwide. Their platinum compilation, The Best of the Gipsy Kings, was charting for over a year upon its release and their ninth studio album, Savor Flamenco, was awarded the Grammy for Best World Music Album in 2013. This iconic legacy began when Nicolas' father, Jose Reyes, formed a celebrated flamenco duo with Manitas de Plata (which boasted fans as famed as Miles Davis and Pablo Picasso). When the pair parted ways, the elder Reyes became even more popular upon starting his own band, backed by his son, called Los Reyes. In later years, Nicolas headed out on his own and began playing in the town of Arles in the south of France. He traveled throughout the country, busking on the streets of Saint-Tropez, playing wherever he could. Having adopted the perpetual motion of the gypsy lifestyle, his band eventually translated "Los Reyes" and became the Gipsy Kings.
FEB 12 7PM $99
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VIENNA BOYS CHOIR
LUKAS BECK
BOYS HAVE BEEN SINGING AT THE VIENNESE COURT SINCE THE 14TH CENTURY, and in 1498 - more than half a millennium
ago - Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I moved his court and his court musicians to Vienna. Historians have settled on 1498 as the foundation date of the Vienna Chapel Imperial (Hofmusikkapelle) and thus the Vienna Boys Choir. Until 1918, the choir sang exclusively for the imperial court, at mass, concerts, private functions, and on state occasions. Today, the Vienna Boys Choir consists of 100 boys between the ages of ten and fourteen, from dozens of nations, divided into four touring groups. Each group spends nine to eleven weeks of the school year on tour. Between them, the four choirs give 300 concerts and performances each year before almost half a million people. They visit virtually all European countries, and are frequent guests in Asia, Australia, and the Americas. The Vienna Boys Choir has a close association with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Together with members of the orchestra and the men of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the choir maintains the tradition of the imperial musicians: as Hofmusikkapelle (Chapel Imperial) they provide the music for the Sunday Mass in Vienna's Imperial Chapel, as they have done since 1498. In 2016, the choir participated for the sixth time in the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mariss Jansons.
FEB 13 7PM $38
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LOCALLY SHOW SOME LOVE TO YOUR COMMUNITY BY JOINING THE SHARON in supporting great local causes benefiting Music Scholarships for local students, researchers at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and services for the Veterans who served to keep us free to gather together in song.
The Three Tenors +1 +
Proceeds to Benefit Harold Schwartz Music Scholarship Program
FEB 10
A Maestro Bill Doherty Production
Change the World: songs of inspiration, love, & hope for world peace
MAR 15
MAY 26
AMERICAN MUSIC: CELEBRATION OF LOVE GUEST ARTIST Violinist Gennaro Desideri GUEST SINGERS Aleksandra Vargas, Soprano Stephen Mumbert, Baritone The vocal selection will highlight the most beautiful Broadway songs.
PASQUALE VALERIO, MAESTRO
FEB 14 7PM $35
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23/24 SEASON SEPT 3 - MAY 6
~ 20TH ANNIVERSARY ~
Fundraiser Gala THE VILLAGES PHILHARMONIC PRESENTS AN EVENING OF COCKTAILS, DINNER, AND DANCING This Gala is the yearly fundraiser to help support our fantastic Villages Philharmonic Orchestra's ongoing purpose which is to nourish hearts, minds and souls with glorious orchestral music! Featuring Music from The Villages Philharmonic Ensemble Silent Auction | Live Auction
Dinner Served in The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center's Historic Lobby
Dancing Until 9:00pm
Suggested Attire Black Tie or Cocktail
Tables will be assigned in advance, upon ticket purchase a phone number will be provided for seating requests and confirmations. Please call this number to be assigned a table for the evening.
FEB 27 5PM $150
sip on our Cher Show
specialty drink
“Bang Bang” Bombay Bliss Bombay Gin Elderberry Liqueur Simple Syrup Lemon Juice Sprite Topped with Purple Edible Glitter
SUPERSTARS COME AND GO. CHER IS FOREVER. For six straight decades, only one unstoppable force has flat-out dominated popular culture - breaking down barriers, pushing boundaries and letting nothing and no one stand in her way. THE CHER SHOW is the Tony Award®-winning musical of her story, and it’s packed with so much Cher that it takes three women to play her: the kid starting out, the glam pop star, and the icon.
THE CHER SHOW is 35 smash hits, six decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, a Grammy®, an Oscar®, an Emmy®, and enough Tony Award-winning Bob Mackie gowns to cause a sequin shortage in New York City, all in one unabashedly fabulous new musical that will have audiences dancing in the aisles!
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
FEB 20 & 21 TIMES VARY $55
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| $35
LIMITED VIEW
BROADWAY’S COME FROM AWAY IS A BEST MUSICAL WINNER ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA! This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships. Don’t miss this breathtaking musical written by Tony® nominees Irene Sankoff and David Hein, directed by Tony-winning Best Director, Christopher Ashley and musical staging by Tony-nominee Kelly Devine. The tour is directed by Daniel Goldstein with musical staging by Richard J. Hinds, based on the original Broadway direction and choreography. Newsweek cheers, “It takes you to a place you never want to leave!” On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all.
MAR 1 & 2 TIMES VARY $55
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FOR THE LAST THIRTY-TWO YEARS, THE PEKING ACROBATS have redefined audience
perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control. THE PEKING ACROBATS are often accompanied by live musicians who skillfully play traditional Chinese instruments; the timehonored Chinese music coalesces with high-tech special effects and awe-inspiring acrobatic feats, creating an exuberant entertainment event with the festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival.
Since their founding in 1986, THE PEKING ACROBATS have been featured on numerous television shows and celebrity-studded TV specials. These include Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous, Ellen’s Really Big Show (hosted by Ellen DeGeneres), The Wayne Brady Show, That’s Incredible, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and NBC’s Ring In The New Year Holiday Special.
THE PEKING ACROBATS set the world record for the Human Chair Stack on FOX Network’s Guinness Book Primetime television show in 1999: they balanced six people precariously atop six chairs twenty-one feet up in the air without safety lines, astounding audiences with their bravery and dexterity.
MAR 4 7PM $35
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LIMITED VIEW
WITH A STRING OF #1 CLASSICS, including the
most played song in radio history, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield topped the charts in four decades. After Bobby's death in 2003, Bill Medley continued to perform to sold-out crowds around the world, but fans and friends pleaded with him to keep The Righteous Brothers alive. Says Medley… No one could ever take Bobby's place, but when I caught Bucky Heard's show it all came together — I found the right guy to help me recreate the magic. The concert experience features their biggest hits — Lovin' Feelin', Soul & Inspiration, Unchained Melody, Rock and Roll Heaven, Medley's Grammy-winning Dirty Dancing theme The Time of My Life, and much, much more!
MAR 6 7PM $85
AND UP
| $65
LIMITED VIEW
The Search for Longevity
David McLain Photographer
APRIL 19 • 7pm
UP $25 AND | $20 LIMITED VIEW
DAVID MCLAIN honed his photographic chops shooting feature length assignments around the world for National Geographic magazine. The stories varied but the mandate was always the same: work with every kind of person under any kind of condition and create timeless yet contemporary images for a client with the highest visual standards on earth. One story he has documented for more than 15 years is called The Blue Zones project. Together with author Dan Buettner, David travels the world to study and document those five places in the world where people are living the longest and staying the healthiest. This work has produced a number of books, including a best-selling cookbook, and stories for Nat Geo, Smithsonian, and others.
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VIENNA BOYS CHOIR FEB 13 • 7pm AND LIMITED $38 UP | $20 VIEW
CHINA
PEKING ACROBATS MAR 4 • 7pm AND LIMITED $35 UP | $20 VIEW
AFRICA
STEP AFRIKA MAR 14 • 7pm AND LIMITED $30 UP | $20 VIEW
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“Willkommen” to Kander and Ebb’s iconic musical Cabaret, which transports us to the seedy underbelly of 1931 Berlin and the dynamic, dark, and hedonistic Kit Kat Klub. As Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich, the Klub’s entertainers and patrons must decide if they’ll wake up to the evil just outside the stage door or continue to escape to the alluring sexually liberated fantasy world of the Kit Kat Klub. Since its debut in 1967, this classic musical has won countless awards, including the Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Revival of a Musical. This hit-maker is full of vibrant and beloved songs like “Willkommen,” “Maybe This Time,” “Money,” “Don’t Tell Mama,”and, the titular “Cabaret.”
Previews: JAN 30-FEB 1 Opening: FEB 2 | Closing: MAR 2 $25 Preview Performance | $45 Performances TICKETS
CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
SEASON 8
An off-beat comedy about an even odder couple. THE ROOMMATE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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With a recent divorce and her son living across the country, 50-something Sharon posts a listing for a roommate to fill the empty space of her Iowa home. Enter Robyn also in her mid-fifties, a fascinating woman who needs a place to hide and the chance to start over. Sharon is Walmart and white bread, book clubs, and leaving your door unlocked. Robyn is black leather boots, a motorcycle jacket, and cigarettes she’s trying to quit. When Sharon begins to uncover Robyn’s secrets, they encourage her own deepseated desire to abandon her comfort zone and live a life of danger and adventure. Come along for this wild ride of a comedy that can only be described as The Odd Couple meets Breaking Bad. The Roommate cleverly navigates the rocky roads of change and hilariously examines what happens when the wheels come off.
Previews: MAR 26-28 Opening: MAR 29 | Closing: APR 27 $20 Preview Performance $35 Performances TICKETS
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BEHIND THE
curtain tour Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of your favorite shows at The Sharon? Want to share footprints with some of the world’s biggest stars? Back by overwhelming demand... The Sharon: Behind the Curtain Tour!
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