{"id":57,"date":"2009-01-23T03:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.61\/~twisithe\/?p=57"},"modified":"2023-08-05T14:43:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T17:43:12","slug":"like-jaguars-to-the-jungle-matthews-and-allison-rock-sharron%e2%80%99s-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twisitheatreblog.com\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"Like Jaguars to the Jungle: Matthews and Allison Rock Sharron\u2019s Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_T3kh_qPyRZY\/Sl_ed97ROAI\/AAAAAAAAANM\/kmErQJRnLXM\/s1600-h\/sharron+3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 273px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359246688014907394\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_T3kh_qPyRZY\/Sl_ed97ROAI\/AAAAAAAAANM\/kmErQJRnLXM\/s400\/sharron+3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">Holy eff, does Sharron Matthews ever know how to throw a party! <em>Sharron\u2019s Surprise Party<\/em>, the latest in Matthew\u2019s Party series, going into its fourth year, was the perfect mixture of a Cabaret and her own one-woman musical extravaganza. She looked ever-fabulous in a gorgeous dress from Fashion Crimes (322 \u00bd Queen Street West) and delighted a packed audience in Tallulah\u2019s Cabaret at Buddies in Bad Times on Monday, January 19, 2009.<br \/>In the recent interview I did with Matthews before the Party, she said that as rewarding as all her theatre experiences have been, she is happiest when she is playing herself. I was struck while watching the Party that not even the best playwright in the world could write stories as hysterical and quirky as Sharron\u2019s, dialogue as spontaneous and vivacious, or create a character of such charm, wit and depth as Sharron Matthews. We are lucky that she is not afraid of being herself.<br \/><em>Sharron\u2019s Surprise Party<\/em> featured the talents of the young Andrew Broderick soon to graduate from Sheridan College\u2019s music theatre-performance class, and the amazing Thom Allison, soon to play Roger in Acting Upstage\u2019s production of <em>A New Brain<\/em>. Broderick has a beautiful, smooth voice, which is extremely impressive for his age. Thom Allison brought the house down with his unbelievable rendition of \u201cThe Trolley Song\u201d from <em>Meet Me in St Louis<\/em>. He has one of the most gorgeous voices in Canadian musical theatre, which was made extremely evident as he sang \u201cInfinite Joy\u201d from William Finn\u2019s song cycle <em>Elegies<\/em>. Allison and Matthews are perfectly matched superstars infused with talent and the pure joy of performing. It is also delightful to watch their interview, and Allison told a particularly funny story about his recent winter in Vancouver while performing in <em>The Drowsy Chaperone<\/em>.<br \/>We were also treated to a surprise appearance by Steve Ross, also appearing in <em>A New Brain<\/em>, who helped Sharron orchestrate the sing-along component of the Party. An always-enlightening aspect of <em>Sharron\u2019s Party<\/em> is listening to the lyrics of pop songs as she sings them slowly, and infused with emotion and narrative, which allows the audience to really hear the words, probably for the first time. Who knew the Hotel California was haunted? Other highlights included <em>CSI: the Musical<\/em>, a homage to her days singing pop songs at Sheridan College, and George Masswohl\u2019s comments from the audience.<br \/>Sharron is one of Toronto\u2019s best entertainers. If you haven\u2019t caught one of her Parties yet, you don\u2019t know what you are missing. Mark the following in your calendar, <em>Sharron\u2019s February Sucks! Party<\/em> is on Friday, February 27th, 2009, <em>Sharron\u2019s Spring Forward Party<\/em> is on Friday April 24th and Saturday, April 25th and <em>Sharron\u2019s 2nd Annual Big Gay Party<\/em> kicks off Pride Week on June 20th, 2009. You never know quite what she will say. But you can bet it will make you laugh until your diaphragm aches. To keep up-to-date with all Sharron\u2019s news, check out her website at <a class=\"snap_shots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sharronmatthews.com\/<\/a>, or watch some videos on youtube at <a class=\"snap_shots\" href=\"http:\/\/ca.youtube.com\/user\/SharronPartyGirl\">http:\/\/ca.youtube.com\/user\/SharronPartyGirl<\/a>, or become her friend on Facebook.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy eff, does Sharron Matthews ever know how to throw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4671],"tags":[3537,4721,4184,5978],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-buddies-in-bad-times-theatre","tag-sharron-matthews","tag-steve-ross","tag-thom-allison"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Like Jaguars to the Jungle: Matthews and Allison Rock Sharron\u2019s Party - The Way I See It Theatre &amp; 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