Brooklyn, New York, United States
DANNY SHARRON (he/him) is a theater director with a focus on developing new plays and musicals. Dedicated to elevating the stories of the LGBTQ+ community, he is currently collaborating with Ryan J. Haddad, Jason Kim, Ricardo Perez González, and Ben Diskant, among others. Danny is committed to leading processes with a mix of empathy, clarity, rigor, and kindness, and brings the full scope of his identity (gay, Jewish, Middle Eastern, husband, father) into everything he creates. For five years, Danny was the Senior Associate Director on Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award for Best Musical), overseeing four companies: Broadway, West End, Toronto, and the U.S. National Tour. Danny has developed and directed work with The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, LAByrinth Theater Company, Primary Stages, Ma-Yi, and The Lark. He was most recently a 2021-2022 Next Stage Directing Resident with The Drama League. He is also a recipient of New York Theatre Workshop's 2050 Fellowship, Williamstown's Bill Foeller Fellowship, The Drama League's New York Fellowship, and is an alumnus of the Ars Nova Director's Troupe. NYC-based. Proud member of SDC.
Playwrights Horizons Theatre School
Developed a new play alongside playwright Jason Kim.
UglyRhino is a Brooklyn-based company aiming to make theater a social event by integrating live music, dance parties, and curated cocktails into the theatrical experience.
A world-premiere play by Jeremy J. Kamps Featuring Felipe Bonilla, Liza Fernandez, Craig Mungavin, and Lillian Rodriguez. A café in Cartagena, Colombia. Sitting across from each other are Yulieth, a young Colombian woman, and Mitch, the American pilot who has come to buy her as his wife. He is looking to complete the outward appearance of his life. She is looking for escape.
A New Glam Rock Musical Book by Bryce Norbitz / Music by Ben Bonnema / Lyrics by Christopher Staskel Featuring Fernando Contreras, Brett Robinson, Steven C. Schmidt, and Marrick Smith One part rock concert, one part theatrical experience, GLAMDROMEDA explores the relationship between glam rock music, sexual desire, and visual hedonism. Using the backdrop of the glam rock movement, we follow our protagonist and his newly formed rock star alter-ego through an epic journey of self-discovery in the wake of a life-altering glam concert.